Side seal clearance
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Side seal clearance
I’m not sure if this has been covered before as I have searched but have come to no real answer. I’m at the point of clearance for my side seals and the tapered design of the side seal makes it a bit hard to measure the clearance between the corner seal and side seal. I actually have already screwed up 3 seals trying to measure it correctly. So my question is currently the side seals sit snug in their groove. I’m trying to run tight clearances currently, when I push the side seal down it seems to get stuck in the corners. However, when I push both corner seals and side seal down at the same time everything seems to pop up fine. I’m trying to pay close attention to the angle but it seems that while I sand down the seals the angle becomes a bit skewed so I try to fix it but at that point the seal is too short to save. Anybody have any kind of tricks to do this?
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What are you using for the sanding process? I used an ol' fashion sharping stone as see here.
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Knife-Sha...&wl13=&veh=sem
It's a VERY tedious process, but if you take your time you shouldn't screw them up. Just note the angel of the end of the side seal before you begin, you will want to duplicate this. Use both hands while being carful to hold the side seal at the proper angle for each stroke across the stone. If you are reusing rotors, make sure you have ALL the carbon deposits out of the cavities, if not this will cause them to stick in place. An old side seal works best for cleaning. I did 12 of mine the first try with no prior experience. It took me all afternoon to do but this is something that can't be rushed.
Also, it helps if you use a drop of thin weight oil like tranny fluid during the sanding process on the stone surface. Make sure to use Genuine Mazda ATF for this process, others will clog the stone. - Kidding
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Knife-Sha...&wl13=&veh=sem
It's a VERY tedious process, but if you take your time you shouldn't screw them up. Just note the angel of the end of the side seal before you begin, you will want to duplicate this. Use both hands while being carful to hold the side seal at the proper angle for each stroke across the stone. If you are reusing rotors, make sure you have ALL the carbon deposits out of the cavities, if not this will cause them to stick in place. An old side seal works best for cleaning. I did 12 of mine the first try with no prior experience. It took me all afternoon to do but this is something that can't be rushed.
Also, it helps if you use a drop of thin weight oil like tranny fluid during the sanding process on the stone surface. Make sure to use Genuine Mazda ATF for this process, others will clog the stone. - Kidding
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Ya it seemed the last two that I did came
out great, they are really tight in there but I’m sure I can get a bit more material off so that I can fit at least a .05mm feeler in there. The first 3 I did are in the garbage now lol, I’ve been using the same thing to grind mine down as well, I’ll just keep at it and hope that I don’t ruin any more. The left seal in the picture is the side of the seal that is already angeled, the right one is the one that I did. Does the angle of the one on the left look alarming?
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What are you using for the sanding process? I used an ol' fashion sharping stone as see here.
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Knife-Sha...&wl13=&veh=sem
It's a VERY tedious process, but if you take your time you shouldn't screw them up. Just note the angel of the end of the side seal before you begin, you will want to duplicate this. Use both hands while being carful to hold the side seal at the proper angle for each stroke across the stone. If you are reusing rotors, make sure you have ALL the carbon deposits out of the cavities, if not this will cause them to stick in place. An old side seal works best for cleaning. I did 12 of mine the first try with no prior experience. It took me all afternoon to do but this is something that can't be rushed.
Also, it helps if you use a drop of thin weight oil like tranny fluid during the sanding process on the stone surface. Make sure to use Genuine Mazda ATF for this process, others will clog the stone. - Kidding
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Knife-Sha...&wl13=&veh=sem
It's a VERY tedious process, but if you take your time you shouldn't screw them up. Just note the angel of the end of the side seal before you begin, you will want to duplicate this. Use both hands while being carful to hold the side seal at the proper angle for each stroke across the stone. If you are reusing rotors, make sure you have ALL the carbon deposits out of the cavities, if not this will cause them to stick in place. An old side seal works best for cleaning. I did 12 of mine the first try with no prior experience. It took me all afternoon to do but this is something that can't be rushed.
Also, it helps if you use a drop of thin weight oil like tranny fluid during the sanding process on the stone surface. Make sure to use Genuine Mazda ATF for this process, others will clog the stone. - Kidding
im not sure what clearance you decided to use but I have decided on the zero clearance route. I’ve read some of the posts about it and it seems that as long as the corner seals and side seals all pop back up after you depress them all simultaneously.
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What are you using for the sanding process? I used an ol' fashion sharping stone as see here.
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Knife-Sha...&wl13=&veh=sem
It's a VERY tedious process, but if you take your time you shouldn't screw them up. Just note the angel of the end of the side seal before you begin, you will want to duplicate this. Use both hands while being carful to hold the side seal at the proper angle for each stroke across the stone. If you are reusing rotors, make sure you have ALL the carbon deposits out of the cavities, if not this will cause them to stick in place. An old side seal works best for cleaning. I did 12 of mine the first try with no prior experience. It took me all afternoon to do but this is something that can't be rushed.
Also, it helps if you use a drop of thin weight oil like tranny fluid during the sanding process on the stone surface. Make sure to use Genuine Mazda ATF for this process, others will clog the stone. - Kidding
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Knife-Sha...&wl13=&veh=sem
It's a VERY tedious process, but if you take your time you shouldn't screw them up. Just note the angel of the end of the side seal before you begin, you will want to duplicate this. Use both hands while being carful to hold the side seal at the proper angle for each stroke across the stone. If you are reusing rotors, make sure you have ALL the carbon deposits out of the cavities, if not this will cause them to stick in place. An old side seal works best for cleaning. I did 12 of mine the first try with no prior experience. It took me all afternoon to do but this is something that can't be rushed.
Also, it helps if you use a drop of thin weight oil like tranny fluid during the sanding process on the stone surface. Make sure to use Genuine Mazda ATF for this process, others will clog the stone. - Kidding
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