Whats your thoughts on these
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Not a bad price I thought........

http://www.minisport.com/acatalog/info_FAM2390AKIT.html

But KAD said that they scrapped all their first batch of these cos they were a direct copy of the original part in alloy and werent strong enough. These look to me like a direct copy.

Paul

Edited by paul wiginton on 1st Mar, 2009.

I seriously doubt it!

They can't be a direct copy as they have been modified to take the Metro ? ball joint.

So, someone has worked on the design. Whether they are strong enough - who knows.

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I seriously doubt it!

they state they are made form 7075 alloy, but i have had in my hand one of there alloy drive flanges and i can tell you it was not made from 7075 as far as i could tell, more like 2014,as there are clues in the anodising if you know what you're looking for,

But if you want to take a chance at that price its good value if you do get all that in the kit,


and don't P,M me asking what to look for in the anodising ,i'm not telling, lol.

tbh , the metro balljoints are a good adea but i'm toying with modifying my hubs on the twinnie to spherical bearings in housings as on the Don,


carl

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I saw these at the Bingley show. They looked great and certainly weighed a lot less then the steel, but I was sceptical if they were strong enough, especially what we do with the TT.

http://www.twin-turbo.co.uk
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They wouldnt last 5 minuits on the British roads

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'Made in China!'

On 5th Sep, 2011 Vegard said:
I stand corrected. You should know

Scruff, have you heard anything about the KAD ones - when they might sell them?


Paul

I seriously doubt it!

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I've heard( read) bad things about minisport calipers, that's ten years I'm using them..... they're very goods, same for alloy drums
you're rude
buy them, scrap them, then report.

How much weight saving is there here?

On 5th Sep, 2011 Vegard said:
I stand corrected. You should know

I seriously doubt it!

http://www.twin-turbo.co.uk
http://www.hillclimbandsprint.co.uk/default.asp

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I seriously doubt it!

indeed,

i had a ball joint fail on a metty, not a nice experience, fotunatly i was not going that fast on a straight road, worying thing was i dad just previouly been going flat out...

the Kad ones i have seen had metty ball joints and 3 bolt holes for the steering arm, the minnisport ones i saw wier a direct copy of the kad ones.

i also heard that kad had issues so havent released them yet.

Paul,

I think Neil runs these on the GTM

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I seriously doubt it!

Medusa + injection = too much torque for the dyno ..https://youtu.be/qg5o0_tJxYM

lol,

been to the grrene king brewery today cang type for shit now!

Another great thing with the KAD ones is that they have caliper lugs on both sides. That means that the hubs aren't sided. Cheaper as there is just one casting I guess. Great thinking.

not forgetting that the thermal expansion of aluminum is far greater than steel , so if a great deal of heat were to build up , the bearing race outer may well loosen,as happens on alloy rear hubs .
Titanium on the other hand has a much smaller thermal expansion , so no such problems,


carl

carl

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Oh, obviously they aren't cast....

The metro balljoint idea is just fucking great though!

not quite,!!

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ah but how much stronger is ti,