Brake torques
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Brake torques
In another thread I posted about my rear rotors warping. It makes sense to me that (in an automatic) doing brake torques could heat up the rear rotors enough to warp them.
Though I don't make a habit out of doing brake torques, I have to believe they contributed to the warping.
Any thoughts on this?
Though I don't make a habit out of doing brake torques, I have to believe they contributed to the warping.
Any thoughts on this?
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Re: Brake torques (ShanMan14)
mine are getting done soon and I'd love to hear about this also, as well as bedding, seasoning, etc :cheers:
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Re: Brake torques (ShanMan14)
Are you talking about using the brakes to hold the car while doing a burnout? or just holding the car on the line prior to launch. I wouldn't think that the latter could affect the brakes. Or are you meaning something else?
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Re: Brake torques (ShanMan14)
IMHO, if you are meaning that you power-brake and do a burn-out with your vette before take off, I just find it hard to believe that the rotors could get that hot in only a few seconds of doing your burnout. What I do know that contributes to warped rotors is technicians improperly torque the mags on the wheel housing. It has been stated in documentation that ignoring the 3-step process in torqing lug nuts may cause rotors to warp, which could be the root cause of you problem. I have seen first hand Chevrolet techs use power guns to torque the lug nuts on and off vettes and it is against the installation policy from Chevrolet. If you are sure that the wheels are being installed correctly to specs, it may just be possible to warp the rotors if you power-brake long enough ie., like the burn-out contest at the cruise-in... One other thing that will warp rotors quicker is having them re-surfaced which thins the rotors itself…
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