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hey guys i was just wondering what the difference between floating and non floating brake disks was and what our machines took?

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take your disc off, place it in a bowl of water if it sinks its not floating :smt005


discs are made of carriers and rotors seperated by buttons & circlips or rivets, these are floaters, if the disc is a complete disc or rotor rivetted to a carrier then they are non floating.


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cheers mate so i want to order the floating waveys then
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yep, are you getting them from stealth?
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Don't floaters come as standard with Zxr400?
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Post by diesel »

nice floor baz ;)
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not my floor mate, you can't see the joins in my floor ! :smt016
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