watch out for Wilwood

Welderd · Apr 18, 2008

be careful what brake components you choose

This was done - BLEEDING THE BRAKES!!

Damn glad I wasn't coming down a drop off or and emergency stop

so I slapped this together

too bad I've got almost $100 into the wilwood crap that they won't do anything about

Juan_Hong_Loe · Apr 19, 2008

Did you have just two bolts in it or all four? Just wondering I'm running Wilwood brakes and want as much info on this.

Welderd · Apr 20, 2008

two bolts or 4?

there were 2 bolts holding it to the frame and 2 bolts holding on the MC adapter then 2 bolts holding the adapter to the MC
It was connected correctly as far as I know.

there's just not enough material there especially for cast AL that will see constant fatigue loads

Hardline4 · Apr 20, 2008

Looks like he's running a single MC so it only has 2 bolts while the dual MC setups have 4 bolts. Just curious what ratio is your pedal?

Welderd · Apr 20, 2008

7 to one

techtafab · Apr 22, 2008

what M/C are you using ? bore ?
my brakes suck :dunno:

Welderd · Apr 22, 2008

corvette MC

Juan_Hong_Loe · Apr 22, 2008

Here is why I was asking two bolt or four. Seems to me that if you had it bolted to the top bolts that it would break right where it has. I have been pondering the smae mounting options of my buggy. I welded a plate between the bars a nd mounted it to that plate using the m.c. bolts and after seeing this (I have been debating whether or not to do it) I am going to put a plate on top to bolt to as well. Had you had a plate where the mc bolts to it I don't think this would have happened. Here is what the bracket should look like in my opinion. I'm not the best at paint so. The red areas are the plate(s) the green would be the welds, and black lines just definint the plate under the bracket.

Welderd · Apr 22, 2008

the bracket is AL and it all came from wilwood, even the adapter to move the bolting for a single MC

The steel thing I made won't break. I would just gusseted it up had I had a tig or it been steel. their choice of material was poor, this application will see high fatigue loads and it just cracked and the grew and broke

still somewhat confused with what your sayin - the mc was bolted to and adapter with 2 bolts in a vertical line, then the adapter bolted to the MC with 2 bolts in a horizontal line - the adapter just rotated the mounting holes - it too was AL and offered no extra support

Juan_Hong_Loe · Apr 22, 2008

Did you have it mounted to the chassis using just these two bolt locations?

Welderd · Apr 22, 2008

yes those are the only 2 bolts that are supposed to be mounted to the chassis

the other 2 are for holding the MC on

if you were supposed to make a bracket to mount between the pedal and MC you might as well make the whole bracket yourself like I did in the end. It's the whole point of buying the damn thing in the first place.

Juan_Hong_Loe · Apr 22, 2008

rockwild said:
yes those are the only 2 bolts that are supposed to be mounted to the chassis

the other 2 are for holding the MC on

if you were supposed to make a bracket to mount between the pedal and MC you might as well make the whole bracket yourself like I did in the end. It's the whole point of buying the damn thing in the first place.

I totally understand your point. Like I said above I have the same brackets in my buggy and I want to make sure that I do not have this happen. Although I did look at Cole Deasons 3 seater Fusion chassis and noticed that it is mounted in all four holes just has longer bolts through the m.c. and bracket and plate.