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Old 02-22-2005, 03:44 PM
donbryce donbryce is offline
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Originally Posted by hbofinger
Now here is a question: How did all of your dial-gaugers keep the rotor from turning while measuring the play? I had a hard time keeping the disk from turning as I tried to wiggle out that .01 - .02 millimeter reading. We aremeasuring play here, not runout at the shaft's end.

Thanks.
(I hate to re-open this, but I can answer with what I did)

If you can accept my originally posted method for mounting the dial indicator base, look at the picture and you'll see a small spring clamp, one leg shoved slightly into one of the cooling spaces, holding the brake disk/rotor to the backing plate.

Even if you don't accept my mounting method (on the disk/rotor instead of the hub itself), the clamp should still work since the pressure to overcome the tiny spring would be negligible and, IMO, wouldn't affect the reading.

Kestas posted "I hope you mean hub and not rotor, or this would introduce another unnecessary variable. The rotor should be off for this procedure."

Sorry, I don't follow. The disk/rotor part of the assembly can be detached from the hub, but only when off the spindle. Did you mean "caliper" should be off?
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