Exploding Rotors: why you do not drill

[Kneale Brownson]

At 08:58 PM 06/23/2003 -0400, cobram at juno.com wrote:
>Brett Dikeman <brett at cloud9.net> writes:
>
> > SO, solid rotors don't disintegrate!  Solid rotors are pretty
> > foolproof.  You can overheat them like crazy and they won't do much
> > except warp and glaze over, right?  They certainly won't explode in
> > a shower of metal and take out the caliper, wheel, tire, and brake
> > system.
>
>I've seen solid (not drilled)  rotors come apart.  The hat separates from
>the platter, and sometimes this will cause them to "explode" as you put
>it.  Not that normal either, I've seen maybe 4 in my travels, FWIW.

That happened to one of the rear rotors on our V8.  That is, the hat
separated from the platter.