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
Don,
OEM rotors checked too and mainly due to Praise Dyno. Stock pads, Performance Friction
Carbon and NAPA Metalic HD. The Praise Dyno friction material is 'all that'
because they have such high braking power
Here is what my OEM rotors looked like just before one of those cracks went
clean through
heatcheck
The previous picture is of second set of rotors and checked from
buddies proto-type and Praise Dyno
My 2 seater always heat checked it's rotors. Ditto old MGB.
Don't drive the sedans, mini van nor Silverado like that, so their rotors don't
heat check
But few people drive their TV's like I do. Some do with their sports cars.
Current set of Bridgestone Dueler Revo AT's are also 'slightly' feathered from
braking testing current proto-types from buddy. Only because it's my weekender
and love getting on it...even going to the grocery store. These took many weekends
while the Michelin LTX-MS's feathered on that 80 mile round trip to volleyball
Just put a set of MonoMax Shocks on the Silverado and it behaves much better.
Even with a load of wood pellets (about 2.4K lbs). Since it's a 1980 and old,
don't push it as hard as used to.
Definition of 'heat checking' below
heat check
{?h?t ‚chek}
(metallurgy)
Parallel surface cracks forming a pattern on the surface of a metal as a result of thermal fatigue.
I get my brakes that hot and is very common on tracked vehicles with
friction material high enough to rip apart the rotor surface
Why few have seen this, except for racers, because their friction
material is not of this performance level. They will fade before they
ever develop this level of friction...to get that hot and develop
enough force to rip apart the rotor surface
OEM rotors checked too and mainly due to Praise Dyno. Stock pads, Performance Friction
Carbon and NAPA Metalic HD. The Praise Dyno friction material is 'all that'
because they have such high braking power
Here is what my OEM rotors looked like just before one of those cracks went
clean through
heatcheckThe previous picture is of second set of rotors and checked from
buddies proto-type and Praise Dyno
My 2 seater always heat checked it's rotors. Ditto old MGB.
Don't drive the sedans, mini van nor Silverado like that, so their rotors don't
heat check
But few people drive their TV's like I do. Some do with their sports cars.
Current set of Bridgestone Dueler Revo AT's are also 'slightly' feathered from
braking testing current proto-types from buddy. Only because it's my weekender
and love getting on it...even going to the grocery store. These took many weekends
while the Michelin LTX-MS's feathered on that 80 mile round trip to volleyball
Just put a set of MonoMax Shocks on the Silverado and it behaves much better.
Even with a load of wood pellets (about 2.4K lbs). Since it's a 1980 and old,
don't push it as hard as used to.
Definition of 'heat checking' below
heat check
{?h?t ‚chek}
(metallurgy)
Parallel surface cracks forming a pattern on the surface of a metal as a result of thermal fatigue.
I get my brakes that hot and is very common on tracked vehicles with
friction material high enough to rip apart the rotor surface
Why few have seen this, except for racers, because their friction
material is not of this performance level. They will fade before they
ever develop this level of friction...to get that hot and develop
enough force to rip apart the rotor surface
