Hi everyone
Brake plates, are these good or ruined?
Brake plates, are these good or ruined?
H: Hubs, Wheels and Tyres Brake plates
- Thread starter Chris Marshall
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I think Doug Hollis first suggested this brake plate mod, but perhaps someone even sooner than Doug, it looks to be a very good welding job, as long as there is no distortion they should be fine, obviously the bracing was supposed to eliminate or minimise flexing, also overcome with Magnesium or Aluminium brake plates, the only downside is you are unlikely to win a concourse competition, if that bothers you.
Here is that mod, with tack welds. I did the mod about 39 years ago.
https://www.vincentownersclub.co.uk/media/brake-mod.2357/
https://www.vincentownersclub.co.uk/media/brake-mod.2358/
https://www.vincentownersclub.co.uk/media/brake-mod.2357/
https://www.vincentownersclub.co.uk/media/brake-mod.2358/
Hi Peter
Thanks for that, they are in perfect condition, but I have other ones fitted to my bikes so they are surplus, I don’t think I’ve seen any before!
In their current state only one plate will be usable as a front brake as there is no speedo drive cut out on one or other of the plates.
So they are front left only?
Yes, Left Hand Front Only, maybe the rears also if you modify the H27/1AS Cam Bush Steady.
And rear of course great mod
When thinking about this mod I don´t see so much use for stiffening the brake lever bush in the plate. All force you introduce into the plate is the small amount of the wire pull from the handlebar, only a few hundred pounds or kilograms of force. Yes, not the correct units here , myself too old to handle proper newer units. Instead I´d rather do some welding around the brake shoe anchors and external torque pins that are subjected to actual brake forces and maybe distort plates from this effect ? Just thinking, no own experiences with these brakes . . .
Vic
Vic
In ur childhood than???