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hairygit:
--- Quote from: royhall on November 18, 2017, 08:09:58 AM ---Whats the best wood to use for brake pads? Hardwood for the road, softwood for racing? :D
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I'd vote for Balsa wood, ultra light, work on weight saving and you could build your own retro Fireblade!
taysidedragon:
--- Quote from: royhall on November 18, 2017, 08:09:58 AM ---Whats the best wood to use for brake pads? Hardwood for the road, softwood for racing? :D
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I pine for the days when yew could use any old wood fir brake pads. 😉
mike the bike:
Tried them, they wooden work. And they were the modern sintered ones made from MDF.
Woodside:
cant beat acorny pun
kent400:
I would expect that every authorised MOT tester will have inspected vehicles will potentially extremely dangerous faults. I became an authorised tester way back in 1971 and certainly saw a good few that were almost unbelievable so much so that I can still recall some today. The first one that stuck with me was a Mini where the steel brake pipe had been replaced with a petrol pipe duly secured with hose clips. Then there was another where the nut securing the steering wheel was missing, well the wheel was a bit loose so the plan was to whip the horn button off and tighten the nut. No nut because the column thread was damaged clearly some dozy blighter had removed wheel by taking a hammer the the end of the column wreaking the thread in the process.
Chassis, seen a few repaired with a biscuit tin and body filler. Followed up with a liberal coat of underseal and a handful of dust chucked at it. Oh and there was a carefully shaped block of wood stuffed in the box section.
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