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|    Alan to Andy Burnelli    |
|    Re: Real information on brakes (was Re:     |
|    08 May 22 09:13:53    |
      XPost: comp.mobile.android, misc.phone.mobile.iphone       From: nuh-uh@nope.com              On 2022-05-08 8:43 a.m., Andy Burnelli wrote:       > NY wrote:       >       >> I was quite surprised that discs would get *that* hot, and that brake       >> pads would withstand contact with red-hot metal.       >       > Regarding brake rotor warp (as in "potato chip"), that (almost) never       > happens on rotors that didn't come out of the factory already warped.       >       > Regarding temperatures, the _melting_ point is (almost) impossible to reach       > in braking operations given the type of vehicles we're all talking about.       >       > Regarding pad deposition, it's hard to believe, (even for me), but it takes       > only a small amount (almost impossible to measure directly) of "bump" of       > collected pad chemical "footprint" to build up to the point it's felt while       > braking (usually at highway speeds).       >       > Just as I ask all iKooks for a _single_ fact that backs up their entire       > belief system (and they almost never can answer that simple question), I       > ask anyone who claims their rotors warped what the measurements were.       >       > And they don't have them.       > Because...       > Because they simply guessed.       > Why?       >       > Intuition is a terrible thing.              Isn't it interesting how you've clipped and ignored all the facts presented.              :-)              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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