darrenjlobb's Rolling Road Chassis Dyno Project

[darrenjlobb]

Just as an update to this, not much progress due to having huge issues trying to source mech seals for the brakes, have searched the world with no results now

If anyone has any contacts in the industry / gear to custom make please let me know, any help would be usefull here. Have found a few places that can grind new ceramic faces for the old seals, but problem being I am missing one of the seals totally...So currently still on the hunt for seals or another complete brake unit to use for parts / seal to have rebuilt with new faces...

So if anyone knows of an old clayton no matter how shagged kicking about, please get in touch!

i know it might be a lot more pennies...

but cant you get the entire unit custom machined? (to take metric/close as available seals etc) surely it wouldnt be too much hassle for a half equiped engineering shop to do this..

also, let me be the first to say "I DONATE MY CAR TO RR ON YOUR DYNO" lol,

Its not so much the sizes that are the problem sadly, I could fairly easily make adaptors / spacers etc to make it metric, the problem is the design of the seal / its super short working length. Most modern seals seem to put the spring loaded part on the shaft, and the stationary in the housing, but this is reverse, and prooving impossible to source / replace sadly. Plan B is very much required, just not sure what plan B is yet ill figure something eventually!

On your seal dilemma have you considered marine propellor shaft seals?


Or are these any good (various sizes on ebay)
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MB2-53-Ceramic...2c792455ba

Chris, I have spoken to a few marine places but nothing they use is like this sadly..and that link is the wrong type im afraid I have searched the UK dry in this market!