Received and installed. Pagid Yellow RS29’s are also inbound (Thanks, Tony) Can’t wait to try these out!!
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GT350 Rear Girodisc install
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Did you just run up to Bellingham to pick those up?
This coming Thursday at The Ridge Motorsport Park. And yes! The plan is to bring my car to LA in October for suspension work and once its wrapped up, test and tune in CA all winter long.
I should have, but I was dissuade by the prospect of free shipping and receiving it next day.
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ROTOR UPDATE
I will admit I am a slacker when it comes to posting anything anymore. @50Deep can vote for me on that. HAH But on a serious note.
I was able to get some temps right off the track with another GT350 on the same day. Thanks you @Dave_Car_Guy for helping me get temps that day.
These were taken on 9/25/20 at Sonoma Raceway.
Images 76721 & 76731 temps were taken right next to the upper part of the rear caliper and these pics were taken as soon as the car was parked.
Images 76621 & 76631 were taken about 6 mins after the car was parked. We thought that TC was kicking in and that is why one side was much higher on the stock rotors. But we can not confirm that so its an assumption.
Images ending in 104215 & 104230 are off of my car and were taken as soon as I parked and were measured in the same area. As you can see there is a huge difference in rotor temps.
I will admit I am a slacker when it comes to posting anything anymore. @50Deep can vote for me on that. HAH But on a serious note.
I was able to get some temps right off the track with another GT350 on the same day. Thanks you @Dave_Car_Guy for helping me get temps that day.
These were taken on 9/25/20 at Sonoma Raceway.
Images 76721 & 76731 temps were taken right next to the upper part of the rear caliper and these pics were taken as soon as the car was parked.
Images 76621 & 76631 were taken about 6 mins after the car was parked. We thought that TC was kicking in and that is why one side was much higher on the stock rotors. But we can not confirm that so its an assumption.
Images ending in 104215 & 104230 are off of my car and were taken as soon as I parked and were measured in the same area. As you can see there is a huge difference in rotor temps.
So we cannot get away of removing the rear rotor by just removing the caliper like you could with the fronts?
Reviewing the service manual, it states these two bolts have to come out and thrown away and re-installed with 81 lb/ft of torque.
I'm hoping that's not the case that they do not need to be thrown away or that it has to come out to replace the rotor.
Are you guys reusing the YTT bolts that should be thrown away according to the manaul or replacing it with unknown part number? It sounds like I need to purchase some tools for the parking brake. Sadly, a lot of the different tools offered here are no longer in stock or unavailable to purchase. Any other suggestions?
Reviewing the service manual, it states these two bolts have to come out and thrown away and re-installed with 81 lb/ft of torque.
I'm hoping that's not the case that they do not need to be thrown away or that it has to come out to replace the rotor.
Are you guys reusing the YTT bolts that should be thrown away according to the manaul or replacing it with unknown part number? It sounds like I need to purchase some tools for the parking brake. Sadly, a lot of the different tools offered here are no longer in stock or unavailable to purchase. Any other suggestions?
I'm not sure what you mean in your first sentence. The answer is, yes, you have to remove the caliper to remove the rotor (and you have to have the handbrake off too). The spring and handbrake cable end (upper picture) have to be undone to access the two bolts that hold the caliper on.
The two bolts in the lower picture are not TTY - torque to yield - they're just bolts with thread locker on them. Ford wants them replaced because new bolts have new thread locker. You can reuse them and just use a bit of Loctite with them.
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