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Old 26-May-2005, 11:24
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Cast iron disk failure & Rotors

A friend's 916SP had a cast iron disk fail while braking into turn 15 at Sepang. Bike went straight on into the kitty litter and he managed to keep it up.

Those of us running CI disks may want to check them for cracks. The one which failed was not below minimum thickness, but had been used hard for many laps.

As the photo shows the caliper mount failed, presumably knocked off by the failing disk. There were no large pieces of the disk left.

Mike
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