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   Xeno to Alan   
   Re: Empiricism trumps Arlen's idiocy (wa   
   12 May 22 11:29:25   
   
   XPost: comp.mobile.android, misc.phone.mobile.iphone   
   From: xenolith@optusnet.com.au   
      
   On 12/5/2022 6:01 am, Alan wrote:   
   > On 2022-05-09 6:30 p.m., Andy Burnelli wrote:   
   >> sms wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> But the mass of thick rotors negatively affected fuel economy so much   
   >>> thinner rotors began to be used, and they usually can't be resurfaced   
   >>> even once, they have to be replaced at the same time the brake pads   
   >>> are replaced.   
   >>   
   >> Bullshit.   
   >> The time to replace rotors is when they no longer meet the specs, and   
   >> there   
   >> are a few specs that they need to meet (cracks, thickness, gouges, etc.),   
   >> but the main spec is the thickness.   
   >>   
   >> I've seen many people say the bullshit you say but the fact is you   
   >> measure   
   >> them, like Xeno and I do, and if they're within specs, you keep them.   
   >>   
   >> It doesn't matter how many brake pads you replaced.   
   >>   
   >>> They also warp much easier. It also actually became not that uncommon   
   >>> to replace warped rotors, but not the pads, since the pads were fine.   
   >>   
   >> More bullshit.   
   >>   
   >> Read this before you bullshit us please.   
   >>    
   >>   
   >> It's impossible for rotors to warp (as in potato chip), and everyone who   
   >> says they do, has _never_ measured it, least of all you, Steve.   
   >   
   >    
      
   Yep, done that, seen the warp, many, many times!   
      
   I liked the way he did that final non-directional finish. I used to do   
   it the hard way, that looked easy in comparison.   
      
   --   
   Xeno   
      
      
   Nothing astonishes Noddy so much as common sense and plain dealing.   
          (with apologies to Ralph Waldo Emerson)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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