OK! I won't get them! Thanks for the info, that makes sense. What about
having louvers put in them, to direct air in towards the brake? I guess
that would cool them even faster, but then they'd stay just a hot when not
moving....BAD!
I'll just have to clean my wheels like a responsible truck owner.
Later,
Robert
mike d. (Michael Z-Sykes) wrote:
> NNOOOOOOO!!! Brake dust covers BAAADDD!!! They warp your rotors
> by not allowing them to cool properly!! I know this from talking to MANY
> people about them. Due to the weight of the truck and the amount of heat
> produced by stopping the beast, they don't allow the brakes to vent the
> heat properly out the wheels and the heat gets reflected back to the
> rotors, causing them to get even hotter than usual, then, when you get
> rolling again, they cool at the same speedas they usually do and warp a
> lot more than usual and they wear out quicker, trust me on this...
> =)
>
> -mike d.
>
> >>> Robert Trottmann <rotrottmann@davidson.edu> 11/11/98 11:01pm
> >>>
> Anyone have these? Do they do anything worthwhile, like keep wheels
> clean? Just wondering.
> Later,
> Robert
>
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