Poor warm restart idle and more

[Phil and Judy Rose]

At 11:37 AM -0700 7/2/04, Bernie Benz wrote:

   What
>does pad life have to do with rotor life in this context?

Pad and rotor combinations usually establish a matching (mating?) 
wear-pattern of grooves. When the pads are switched, the groove 
patterns no longer will match up, and I'd expect some extra wear on 
both pad and rotor as the two surfaces establish a new wear pattern.

>  > Anyway, I'm puzzled about that so-called "unnecessary" retaining
>>  spring  Bernie refers to, since every G60 pad I've seen has it (i.e.,
>>  so will always be on _both_ pads--even my Hawk Blue racing pads);
>>  hence that should not impede reversibility.
>No.  Some G60 pads, at greater expense, have a retaining spring on the back
>of the outside pad to lock it to the caliper ears.

Ah, those things--yes, I remember them and do agree they're not 
needed. I was thinking about those _other_ springy things that pivot 
at the back end of the backing plate and keep the pads pressed in.

Phil
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