Jason:
I am on my third season (about 15 races) using seals from Roadster Factory and
Girling LMA fluid. No problems. I do the Kastner trick of squaring up the pads
every 2 races to make sure the forces on the pistons are reasonably parallel to
the bore of the caliper.
Phil Gott
114 TR4A
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> On Jul 20, 2019, at 10:01 AM, Jason Sukey via Fot <fot@autox.team.net> wrote:
>
> After two race weekends I have a leaky Girling 16pb caliper- Before the
> season, i rebuilt them with new pistons and seals, paying attention to
> carefully clean everything including the seal groves before assembly. The
> seal kit i used was branded TRW, Pistons are nitrided steel. Motul RBF600
> fluid.
> Could just be a fluke.....
> Is there a particular brand of seals that hold up better to racing use?
>
> What sort of service life are others getting in-between rebuilds?
>
> Jason
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