Re: Rofren Pads???

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Daniel Hussey wrote on October 28th:

>        I heard the same thing from my mechanic, and he is very honest.  I 
>trust what he says since he was one of the top mechanics at First
>Motorcars (Porsche, Audi, and SAAB dealership).  Others have told me 
>that they've had their rotors turned, but I tend to think there's
>a reason my mechanic just replaces them...and it's probably a good one.
> I don't know any more than this, but that's what I've heard.

The reason is:  As the brakes wear so do the rotors, Now a Rotors heat 
capacity is detirmined by it's, 1) Weight and 2) It's Surface area.  
That's why a vented rotor that weighs the same as a soild rotor will cool 
better.... It's got 3 times the surface area.  Now when you skim the 
rotors (Others call it "Turning") your reducing the total weight of the 
rotor lowering it's heat capacity and making it more prone to fading and 
warping.

For me it's just not woth the problems that Skimming can introduce, 
Beside's unless your really abusing the brakes you should not be warping 
the rotors.

just my $1.25



Later!

Eric Fletcher
'87 5KCSTQIA2RSR2B

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