- Location
- Thornton, CO
So I recently installed a Tera Flex Disc Brake kit onto my 44 rear. And ran into some less then desirable issues last night. I did not have my ebrake cables hooked up yet, so there wasn't very much tension on the shoes. Not a major concern. Well a couple of days ago I hit a decent sized bump, and I immediately heard a slight running on my back right side. My first thought was that the ebrake shoes slightly shifted, and it was just nicking the rotor. So I figured, no big deal, I'll take a look at it this weekend. I don't drive much, and it sounded like it was just kissing the inside of the rotor so I wasn't too concerned. I got a little busy this weekend, and didn't get to it. But I was off today, so I was just going to take care of it then. Had no plans for the day.
Well on my way home last night I hit the same damn bump. Except this time there was a very loud pop. And now it sounded like the ebrake shoe was hugging the inside of the rotor as much as it possibly could. Well it's late, and I'm not to far from home. So I decided to just limp it home. Get it home and in the garage and can just smell the shoes cookin'. So I'm less than happy about this. Even with no direct tension on the shoes, they should not be able to shift so much as to cause this. So I go to sleep, and get out there today to tear it apart.
Here is the driver's side, everything looks good from the outside, and this is what a loaded backing plate looks like.
When I took apart the passenger side, this is all that I found.
Here you can see the backing plate damage. Pretty much showing how all of the internals escaped once they broke loose.
Here is the spacer ring, and retainer plate on the passenger side.
No real damage to the seal or bearing, just deformed the seal a little.
Took apart the driver's side to inspect it too. No contact at all on the pads and everything looked good until I pulled the shaft. Spacer ring and Retainer Plate look the same.
I am guessing the driver's side was next in line to get what happened to the other end. My first guess is that the spacer rings failed. I want to say they are aluminum, but they could just be a very mild steel. Everything on the passenger side was still tight, as tight as it could be considering what happened. The shaft was still snug in the housing. And judging by the deformation of the backing plate. It looks like as the spacer ring deformed it just slowly pushed the plate out. Same thing on the driver's side, everything was nice and snug, no loose parts. But the ring was very deformed, and the retainer plate as well. I am going to get on the phone to Tera in the morning to see what we can do. The kit wasn't cheap, and I expected a lot more out of it.
Thoughts, comments?
Well on my way home last night I hit the same damn bump. Except this time there was a very loud pop. And now it sounded like the ebrake shoe was hugging the inside of the rotor as much as it possibly could. Well it's late, and I'm not to far from home. So I decided to just limp it home. Get it home and in the garage and can just smell the shoes cookin'. So I'm less than happy about this. Even with no direct tension on the shoes, they should not be able to shift so much as to cause this. So I go to sleep, and get out there today to tear it apart.
Here is the driver's side, everything looks good from the outside, and this is what a loaded backing plate looks like.
When I took apart the passenger side, this is all that I found.
Here you can see the backing plate damage. Pretty much showing how all of the internals escaped once they broke loose.
Here is the spacer ring, and retainer plate on the passenger side.
No real damage to the seal or bearing, just deformed the seal a little.
Took apart the driver's side to inspect it too. No contact at all on the pads and everything looked good until I pulled the shaft. Spacer ring and Retainer Plate look the same.
I am guessing the driver's side was next in line to get what happened to the other end. My first guess is that the spacer rings failed. I want to say they are aluminum, but they could just be a very mild steel. Everything on the passenger side was still tight, as tight as it could be considering what happened. The shaft was still snug in the housing. And judging by the deformation of the backing plate. It looks like as the spacer ring deformed it just slowly pushed the plate out. Same thing on the driver's side, everything was nice and snug, no loose parts. But the ring was very deformed, and the retainer plate as well. I am going to get on the phone to Tera in the morning to see what we can do. The kit wasn't cheap, and I expected a lot more out of it.
Thoughts, comments?
