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Sprucing up the brakes on my '92 Toro
Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2020 6:28 pm
by retroren
Might as well make something good come out of the corona virus:
started here, obviously, with a completely fine set of brakes that probably had 30,000 more miles to go
bit of wire wheeling and a couple of coats of rust inhibitor por-15:
finished:
Re: Sprucing up the brakes on my '92 Toro
Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2020 6:24 am
by Otto Skorzeny
Are you converting the car to a Porsche?
Re: Sprucing up the brakes on my '92 Toro
Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2020 7:38 pm
by retroren
Well Otto, I was kinda hoping to go a little faster....a least look it standing still:) I've got plans to replace the visually restrictive turbine wheels. I'm not a "keep it stock" guy.
Re: Sprucing up the brakes on my '92 Toro
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2020 5:36 am
by Otto Skorzeny
That's a tricky proposition. There were a couple aftermarket wheels made by Western for Toros and Eldos back in the 70s and 80s but if you can't find any of those I think you'll end up having to have wheels custom made.
The biggest problem is finding a wheel with the correct backspacing and deep positive offset. Using the wrong wheel will result in wheel bearing wear and failure and possibly broken spindles.
Bolt Pattern 5 on 5" = 5 on 127 mm
Width 6 inches
Offset +3.25 inches = +83 mm
Backspacing 6.75 inches = 171 mm
Load Rating 1600 pounds
Re: Sprucing up the brakes on my '92 Toro
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2020 5:46 am
by Otto Skorzeny
Here's a guy who has done a lot of research on aftermarket wheels for the Toronado.
http://www.breznick.com/toronado/wheels/
Re: Sprucing up the brakes on my '92 Toro
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2020 4:57 pm
by retroren
Thanks Otto but I have a 1992 that has a bolt pattern of 5x115mm with offset and bore that seem to be common with plenty of aftermarket wheel makers.
Re: Sprucing up the brakes on my '92 Toro
Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2020 6:20 pm
by Otto Skorzeny
Hahaha!
I guess it would help to read the Title of the thread!
Re: Sprucing up the brakes on my '92 Toro
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2020 1:19 am
by Jelonek
the work of Breznick is very interesting! thanks
Re: Sprucing up the brakes on my '92 Toro
Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2020 7:17 pm
by retroren
definitely not oem but these sure will show my brake work:
Re: Sprucing up the brakes on my '92 Toro
Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2020 8:14 pm
by Schurkey
Any chance you pulled the pistons out of those calipers before you painted 'em?
You'd be amazed at the crust and "ick" that grows inside calipers. Last set I did ('92 or '94 K1500) the square-cut seals had a film of rust on them that I had to peel off with my fingernail. Once that was done, and the "guts" got cleaned-up, the rubber actually seemed to be in good condition--so I put 'em right back together.
Filthy
Visible crust on rubber seal--peeled right off.
Caliper hardware cleaned up. Threads get anti-seize, sleeves get caliper grease.
Cleaned-up and going back together. Just need to slap the piston to the bottom of it's bore.
