Brake Myths
Here's an article I ran across this morning dispelling a few popular brake myths and common beliefs. The author does a pretty good job explaining how things work in the real world. Link
Forum Discussion
BenK wrote:
That guys image of a high spot is from the StopTech site and still amazes me
that so many don't believe that a 0.0001" high spot can cause the steering wheel
to jidder as if warped rotor
Speaking of StopTech, my experience so far is the worst case of pad deposit compared to just about everything else.
I'm using their "street performance" pads, which has a nice high temp behavior - maintains F friction rating to 1100 deg. But at low temps, they're just not aggressive enough to abrade away the deposits.
This happens on both my daily driver (Intrepid), and fun car (Z06). Takes repeated hard braking every week or so, and it comes back in days :( I'm so paranoid that after every stop I'm in neutral with the handbrake on to avoid hot pad on rotor.
Gotta say their high temp bite is very nice though, and just about un-fadeable on the mountain road.
