Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: $Revision: 1.6.2.16 $; site inmet.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!harvard!bbnccv!inmet!bcbell From: bcbell@inmet.UUCP Newsgroups: net.auto.tech Subject: Re: Re: Honda brakes vibrating Message-ID: <102000004@inmet.UUCP> Date: Tue, 5-Nov-85 22:26:00 EST Article-I.D.: inmet.102000004 Posted: Tue Nov 5 22:26:00 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 8-Nov-85 21:15:55 EST References: <886@homxb.UUCP> Lines: 25 Nf-ID: #R:homxb:-88600:inmet:102000004:000:996 Nf-From: inmet!bcbell Nov 5 22:26:00 1985 ** Brake lines ** Face it, what we're looking at here is a design trade off. Bigger, fatter rotors with more mass would not suffer so much from warpage due to heating and cooling, but they are not available as retrofit items. Certain cars (and certain drivers) have a problem with warped discs. The only solution is to have them machined or replaced, and the problem will occur again. The designers of the car could have used heavier (read: more costly) brake components but that of course would have affected the retail price of the car. There are cars that *never* have this problem. Corvette rotors never warp, but then again, one corvette rotor weighs about as much as a Toyota does. These were, alas, the trade offs the designers of both Corvettes and Toyotas chose to make. Unfortunately, it's hard to tell what's gonna happen here when you buy a car. About the best you can do is check into the repair history of a car before you buy it. R.M. Mottola Cyborg Corp. Newton, MA.