How many of you are running the polished Stainless plates behind your rear wheels to control brake dust,just got mine today and installed them,wondering if anyone has had any issues with them.
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Polished Stainless Steel wheel backing plates
How many of you are running the polished Stainless plates behind your rear wheels to control brake dust,just got mine today and installed them,wondering if anyone has had any issues with them.
Where did you find them? Seems like a good idea.Originally Posted by Mykneesbehurtin
I belong to a Harley tri glide and free wheeler facebook group.
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On my sports cars, I've found that less dust equals more heat. The shields block the air flow that cools the pads and rotors. Mercedes put out a service bulletin warning dealers to remove these. Maybe TriGlides get better air flow, but I'd doubt it. Easier to wash the wheels weekly, especially if you ride in the mountains where hot brakes are dangerous.
I have had the stainless disks on my rear wheels for about a 1000 miles; no problems. They have even made one trip to the Dragon
2016 Tri Glide Black and Silver, VIEDS, LRS, DK Comfort Lift, DK 2" Tank Lift Kit, Road Zepplin Seat, Black CVO mirrors, K&N Air Filter, Wards Fans, Khrome Werks 2+2 Wide Sweepers.
I asked others and they said that they have seen no issues with the brakes and some have had them on for 10,000 miles,after getting under my trike i have no worries about air flow lots of room for air flow.
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Wow. Those look nice. And it's not as expensive as I thought it would be.
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2016 Tri Glide Black and Silver, VIEDS, LRS, DK Comfort Lift, DK 2" Tank Lift Kit, Road Zepplin Seat, Black CVO mirrors, K&N Air Filter, Wards Fans, Khrome Werks 2+2 Wide Sweepers.
SS Wheel Discs
Tri-Glides and Freewheelers get much better air flow around their braking system than your sports car. The SS discs don't block air flow, they were designed to help prevent the corrosive brake dust from coating the outer face of the aluminum mag. Air flow is important mind you but the Motor Company didn't feel that it was of that much of an importance that they wanted the air flow to come through the spokes of the mag. If they did, HD would have made the spokes perform just as propellers do on a boat or a fan, to purposely pull or push air through the mag. They also wouldn't have come out with the Fat Boy. Which happens to have a solid wheel next to the brake disc. So maybe on your sports car you had these problems. But what you experienced does not apply to the product I developed.
Been on my 16 for over 8000 miles. great
Ordering mine tomorrow
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Great product! Looks great and from what I've seen on trikes that have them, it does really work. I've got a 2018 TriGlide and want a set but am concerned after reading they won't work on the 18's with the caliper change. Is there a workaround this so they will work?
...Barry
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Is there enough clearance to allow washing behind the spokes and to the inner wheel lip?
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No, you would have to pull the wheel off to properly clean the whole disc
I have had mine on for over17k miles and have yet to pull them off
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Mine have been on 28,000 ,miles with no issues.
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2020 TriGlide Tahitian Teal aka (Hawaiian Hussy). Avon frt & Comfortred rear tires. ProAction frt & rear susp. RZ seat. DK floorboard extension & rear axle retainer kit with EBS, HD pull -back bars. Custom Dynamics front turn signals & Vent grill. All ,HD "Edge Cut " accessories.
Call the guy who makes them. He may be already checking that out. find his # here https://www.rjsoriginals.com/
2020 TriGlide Tahitian Teal aka (Hawaiian Hussy). Avon frt & Comfortred rear tires. ProAction frt & rear susp. RZ seat. DK floorboard extension & rear axle retainer kit with EBS, HD pull -back bars. Custom Dynamics front turn signals & Vent grill. All ,HD "Edge Cut " accessories.
the 2018's have new calipers that rub on the disc surface so there really isn't a way around it.
Wheel Disc fitment
A new revision has been developed and our mirror polished SS wheel discs now fit 2018 and 2019 Tri-Glides. For further information. You can call us at our new location in Missouri at 660-477-0109
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