Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 15:21:20 +0100 From: Grunff <grunffnospam.com> Subject: Re: Brake Rotors
Dave Hinz wrote: >>Avoid drilled rotors, they often develop cracks around the stress risers. > > > Never heard such a thing, ever. In decades. Got something I could read > about this phenomenon? It's odd that so many makers would use them if > they were fundamentally flawed. (the preceding is my gentle way of > saying "sounds like bullshit to me"). I've seen it, but only on "home drilled" ones. In fact, a local garage has just such a cracked disk on their "interesting failures" shelf. Possibly the drilling was done in a careless manner which left uneven holes, I'm not sure. -- Grunff