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andy graham
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Location: United States, Florida, Jax
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 Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 6:41 am Post subject: freeline / Birel brakes for CR32X |
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| I have recently acquired an older Birel chassis, CR32X, and the front brake calipers need replacement and the rear caliper looks rebuildable..one of the master cylinders has been welded up, so it obviously has leaked and most likely will leak again...I'd like to scrap it all and start over, but dont want to spend a bunch on an old chassis...I plan to run an ICC 125 on it so I'll need the braking power and have to have fronts...please shoot me any ideas or offers...thanks, Andy |
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Mike Goebel
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| Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 7:42 am Post subject: |
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This topic comes up all the time. The problem is that the brakes are the most expensive components on the chassis.
I'm guessing that a Willwood conversion is the least expensive but you will have to fabricate a bunch of adapters.
Mike G. |
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andy graham
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| Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 8:02 am Post subject: |
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| think I might be better off taking what I can off of this one and retiring it...seems like I could get a whole lot newer chassis for a few more hundred bucks tahn new brakes would cost. |
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Tyson Henry
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| Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 9:04 am Post subject: |
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| Depends on how much work you are willing to do. I was able to swap a self adjusting brake setup off a biesse kart onto my older tony kart chassis for about $150 after selling the old setup. But, it wasn't exactly bolt on and go. |
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Rob Kozakowski
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Location: Canada, Alberta, Edmonton
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| Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 11:14 am Post subject: |
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| andy graham wrote: | | think I might be better off taking what I can off of this one and retiring it...seems like I could get a whole lot newer chassis for a few more hundred bucks tahn new brakes would cost. |
Exactly.
Option A = spend a lot of money for new brakes on old chassis.
Option B = spend a little bit more money for a newer chassis with brakes that work.
Problem with Option A is that if you sell that package tomorrow, the buyer is still just buying an old chassis, so you'll get nothing back for the money you spent on the brakes, and it will end up costing you more in the long-run than Option B.
Normally the only way that keeping the old chassis makes financial sense is if you can find a way to repair the existing brakes without spending too much. |
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Gene Heagney
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Location: United States, Florida, Cocoa Beach
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I'm not sure what else to add when it comes to replacing the calipers. However, I thought I'd let you know that there is a Righetti Ridolfi master cylinder that is a direct bolt on replacement to the Freeline's (the mounting bolt spacing is the same, and it even uses the same style arms). The price is somewhat reasonable seeing that really no modification is needed (and it's cheaper than Freeline anyway).
Seen here: http://www.fastech-racing.com/righetti-ridolfi-master-cylinder.html |
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andy graham
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| Posted: Sun May 27, 2012 5:58 am Post subject: |
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| decided to retire the old chassis, especially after I discovered it was bent on the front left...the kart has many nice parts, but its time to retire is here...what other brand of chassis will accept freeline parts(ie, bearing cassets, hubs, wheels, floor pan, torsion bars, rear bumper)...will freeline parts fit tonykart chassis? |
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