I'm hoping they register, and respond first-hand right in this thread.Keep us updated if they respond back. Probably wont or itll be some automated crap email
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I'm hoping they register, and respond first-hand right in this thread.Keep us updated if they respond back. Probably wont or itll be some automated crap email
Note the different caliper--pad philosophy, showing how GM has evolved their brake program.
The older disc brakes--like the amateurish Little Shop of Horrors kit uses--had the pads trapped in the caliper; then GM properly braced the caliper so it didn't twist from brake-torque reaction. The crime LSoH commits is that they don't brace the caliper like GM did.
The newer disc brakes--that are used in the Street Truck article, conversion parts made by Freeman--trap the pads in a second, solid iron bracket with no rubber O-rings or screw-in pins, that was designed from the beginning--by COMPETENT engineers--to accept brake torque on the inboard side. The caliper itself has no brake torque, it does nothing but clamp the pads. The adapter brackets that locate the caliper and transfer brake torque to the steering knuckle or the rear axle housing may or may not be stiff enough (I don't know...but they seem to be OK) but unlike the LSoH kit, they don't change the way the rest of the caliper mounting was intended to work.
LSoH needs a biitch-slap for not understanding how GM set up the older calipers.
Quoted so they can't delete it later.Hey guys,
Skyler with Little Shop.
We stay too busy to engage in keyboard warfare, but we felt this deserved a public response. We've been selling CK1500 disc brake conversions for a decade without much change from the original design. At the time of this writing there are 2,064 kits sold since our current website went online in 2015, and at least a few hundred prior to that. Of those, zero kits have failed due to the design. Could it be improved? Yes absolutely. Would it be at the same price point and consistently available from our supply chain? No, absolutely not.
We're always looking for bright young minds to join our team and make our products better. Schurkey, please email us your resume showing your accomplishments and proficiencies. We've got a job for you.
For the rest, we sincerely appreciate your continued support. Please use code SCHURKEY for a 5% discount from now until the end of April.
www.littleshopmfg.com
"If it looks stupid, but works, it isn't stupid."It's a cheap, compromised kit and we admit it. None have failed that we know of (yet.)
Working on the drums on the 89 in high school I use to have was enough to convince me to go to disks.I just like the easy maintenance on disc brakes , I don't like changing drums because all the springs and do-dads