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C-clip eliminator vs disk rear?

 
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blue89
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PostPosted: Thu May 22, 2008 11:18 am    Post subject: C-clip eliminator vs disk rear? Reply with quote
Do you need eliminators with disk rear? I know it would be safer to have them in, but is it necessary?

I know that when you break a c-clip axle with too much powwwaaa that the wheel tends to leave the car. If you have disk brake rears though, the caliper bracket holds the disk and hence the wheel in the axle should the c-clip fall out or the axle break.
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Xophertony
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PostPosted: Thu May 22, 2008 11:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
i don't know what an eliminator is, but i can vouch that discs hold in a broken axel. they also make said wheel HARD to turn... when say.. pushing Pauls busted ass camaro up on a trailer. ...after i beat him down the track. Very Happy
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blue89
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PostPosted: Thu May 22, 2008 12:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Lol! Laughing

http://www.moserengineering.com/Pages/C-Clip/eliminators.html
I could imagine that would suck. They sell kits but they are $150. I figured as long as i never put drum brakes in the back of my cars that I should be safe.
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Quasi-Traction
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PostPosted: Thu May 22, 2008 3:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
If you go with a 9" rear, this is never a problem. Very Happy

The carrier has a taper and an extra bearing just for the axles to hold them in place.
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Schultzy89GTA
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PostPosted: Thu May 22, 2008 3:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
9 bolt has no c-clips as well.

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Twilightoptics
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PostPosted: Thu May 22, 2008 5:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Quasi-Traction wrote:
If you go with a 9" rear, this is never a problem. Very Happy

The carrier has a taper and an extra bearing just for the axles to hold them in place.


Negative. The carrier does nothing to hold the axles in nor does the bearing. There is a bolt in retainer plate that bolts through tbe backing plate holding the axles on.


Disc brakes will hold an axle. Eliminators aren't worth it. Go discs.
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