Fitting KAD rear Discs
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Just been out in the garage attempting to fit my kad rear discs,

After admiting defeat for tonight I thought I should leave a few pointers for any one about to attempt this.

The brackets that locate the handbrake cable will need modifying to clear the return spring.

The Split pin for the castleated wheelbearing nut is a complete bastard to get in properly as the hub is longer ( hes the wheel spacer built in)

The longer competition braided hoses with the banjo will not reach, it appears that you need to get the short ones which then in turn connect to a pair supplyed with the kit.

ok, dragged my lazy hung over ass out to do a bit more on this today,

another thing worth knowing before starting this is that the bracket bolted to the radius arm that locates the handbrake cable no longer does so with the disc setup ( the cable ends up about 1/2" further back), all you need is a bracket to hook the spring that pulls on the handbrake lever which is located on the caliper (a small peice of angle will do)

this arangement leaves the original spring floping around on the handbrake cable, assuming it'd rattle and piss me off i removed mine.

i dont want to pee! on your bonfire mini13,but..................

not many peeps fitt these as the rear drum brakes are more than good enough to do the job even on a 120MPH+ mini

as you have 75% front braking and the rest on the rear!

its the front you need to beef up my friend

the do look good though!

oh yeah, i know that, mine are fitted from a weight point of view.

also i'll probably add an out line of the kad 6 pots i'm fitting to the front.

Reading the KAD website they say that they are not increasing the breaking effort but simply for weight saving + fancy shiny stuff

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ha ha, wouldnt count on that one

hasn't worked for me carl, maybe i havn't plugged it enough........

I'm thinking "hi i'm stefan, you have nice boobs, i have rear discs"

i don't think many girls would go for that?

"Cars are a lifetime of pain"

Might partially work... My first girlfriend in the States fell for the line 'You've got great tits. . .'

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Could be a dangerous line when your drunk and slurring your words.........

Does anyone know what pads these use? I assume they are off some other car/bike?

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1/4mile in 13.2sec @ 111 terminal on 15psi

off the top of my head when I checked the numbers on mine im pretty sure the pads are off a honda quadbike. will check and put the numbers up.

Sorry, Kawasaki.

Make Model Year
KAWASAKI AR 50 A1/C2-C10 1981 - 1997
KAWASAKI AR 80 A1/C1-C8 1981 - 1991
KAWASAKI KX 80 E2/E3/G1/G2/J1/J2 1984 - 1987
KAWASAKI KX 80 L1/L2/N2/L3/N3/R1/T1 1988 - 1991
KAWASAKI KX 80 R2/T2/R3/T3/R4/T4/R5/T5/R6/T6 1992 - 1996
KAWASAKI KX 100 A1/A2/B1 1989 - 1991
KAWASAKI KX 100 B2-B6 1992 - 1996
KAWASAKI KDX 125 A1/A2/B1/B2 1990 - 1994
KAWASAKI KMX 125 A1-A5/B1-B9 1986 - 1998
KAWASAKI KX 125 B1 1982
KAWASAKI KMX 200 A2/A3 1988 - 1992
KAWASAKI KX 250 B1 1982
KAWASAKI KXF 250 A1/A2 Tecate 4 1987 - 1988
KAWASAKI KXT 250 A1 Tecate 1984

Ah nice one, cheers. :)

Front or rear?

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1/4mile in 13.2sec @ 111 terminal on 15psi

Front!!
Can you imagine an AR50 having a rear disc?

Ah yeah didn't spot that one. Always wanted one of them when I was 16. They were one of the quickest 50's ive seen once tuned up.

Hmm wonder what the discs look like on them....:)

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1/4mile in 13.2sec @ 111 terminal on 15psi

I always wanted one too, drop the ar80 in and away we go

Ahh I found my leather jacket from back in the day on friday.

It smelt exactly the same, and the smell reminded me of female success......................hmmmm i wonder if the leather jacket is the key???

Got be worth a try, the key to your one success...

Sorry chaps, I forgot to supply the numbers.

Here they are:

EBC FA83TT

good info, thanks manifold

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No probs Jimster, happy to help.

Just have to get round to fitting mine on the Midas.

They should fit, albeit it uses a metro radius arm instead of the mini radius arm, plus the handbrake is asymmetric cable. Backplates were drilled the same so I assume they will be a straight bolt on.

Cheers,

David

For reference,

The KAD rear disks are 7.5 inches in diameter, 4mm wide and are bolted in a cross pattern approximately 93mm apart.

Cheers,

David