re: cross drilled and slotted rotors

[Richard Welty <rwelty@domain.elided>]

At 11:23 PM 3/17/99 -0800, Michael Harris wrote:
>Well, perhaps it's my driving style, but I had big problems with brake fade
>at both Willow Springs and Buttonwillow.  I suspect that one of the
>problems was that the disks were getting so hot that the fluid would boil
>(this happened often at Streets of Willow as well which is brutal on tyres
>and brakes).  I also had problems with glazing of the disks and pads.

fluid boil is -not- fade; it has completely different symptoms.

fade is when the pedal feels hard, but braking is ineffective.

with compressible fluid (boiling fluid if you are using a glycol based DOT3
or DOT4 fluid), the pedal goes soft and squishy, and braking is ineffective.

richard

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