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From: gvcormack@watmum.UUCP (Gordon V. Cormack)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Re: squeaky brakes (actually, weight transfer on braking)
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Date: Mon, 28-Oct-85 19:12:04 EST
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Posted: Mon Oct 28 19:12:04 1985
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        ...  ...   the brakes are
> biased front to rear so that the front brakes do more of the braking.  This
> is because, as a car decelerates, the moment of inertia moves toward the front
> of the car.  So the front brakes are sqeezing harder, and more pad wears off.

We have been over this recently in the context of "weight transfer"
on cornering.  The moment of inertia (aka centre of gravity) doesn't
move ANYWHERE during braking.  There is, of course, weight transfer
(weight == the downward force on the wheels) from rear to front on
braking, so otherwise the posting is correct.