Forewarned is forearmed re Carbotech rear brakes

The new Carbotechs are so good that you'd be wise to take hard look at your trailing arm axle flange. We had a weld failure on the first weekend on new carbos which I believe was caused by the high frictional force rotating the flange on a good aftermarket chromoly trailing arm. New linings on all 4,very light pressure required for big stopping power. They're great but we'll need to strengthen the arms. Protoform p3.

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Originally Posted by Bob Posner

The new Carbotechs are so good that you'd be wise to take hard look at your trailing arm axle flange. We had a weld failure on the first weekend on new carbos which I believe was caused by the high frictional force rotating the flange on a good aftermarket chromoly trailing arm. New linings on all 4,very light pressure required for big stopping power. They're great but we'll need to strengthen the arms. Protoform p3.

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Brake force has been the bugaboo of leading arm cars for years. I first experienced this on our Mysterian about 1995. We had reinforced the arms on all our leading arm cars since then. We also made U shaped brackets to bolt on and distribute the braking forces more evenly since that time.