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18th Jun 2020, 08:51 PM #1Diamond Member
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Tungsten carbide disc brake rotors
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18th Jun 2020, 09:39 PM #2Member: Blue and white apron brigade
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The presenters voice has the same effect on me as fingernails on blackboards.
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18th Jun 2020, 11:22 PM #3Most Valued Member
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Sounds like a great idea, would be a boon to the transport industry preventing brake fade.
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19th Jun 2020, 12:05 AM #4
Very interesting technology! I love the engineering thinking process behind it. That's what really high end manufacturers do well.
I nearly p155ed myself laughing when I saw the replacement service price, US$11k..... for 4 rotors and 4 sets of pad plus bolts and clips..... plus labour....Cheers, Joe
retired - less energy, more time to contemplate projects and more shed time....
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20th Jun 2020, 11:15 AM #5Diamond Member
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20th Jun 2020, 11:59 AM #6Most Valued Member
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I realise that it's expensive now, but like a lot of things price will eventually come down to an affordable/viable level, and I know that trucks, IF driven correctly, don't have that problem, but like a lot of training that is done nowadays, it fails to pass on the correct information!!!
I think, if a lot of us were to do our apprenticeships again, we would be astonished as to how little info is actually passed on, from back then to now.
KrynTo grow old is mandatory, growing up is optional.
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20th Jun 2020, 03:24 PM #7
I betcha they dont cost no where near that, the dealership he contacted are probably price gouging thinking its a rich customer
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20th Jun 2020, 04:41 PM #8
Hi Guys,
Virtually all businesses are price gouging at the moment, desperately trying to recover from the weeks of not been able to trade. The supermarkets are worse of all ! We, my wife and I, have seen prices jump by 10% or more in a week on some items. Even the so called cut price stores have pushed prices up.
The price of milk has gone up 10p for a four pint bottle since last week.Best Regards:
Baron J.
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20th Jun 2020, 08:29 PM #9Senior Member
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There's some interesting developments in the transport world, part of a shift to what is generally termed 'services'.
I'm told that rather than buy tyres now, you can effectively 'lease' at a certain rate per kilometre. That actually has a major impact on the whole chain. The end user gets a guaranteed price, and the manufacturer is now trying to build the best tyre he can, not the cheapest.
Same could apply to brakes. If you were paying for kilometres, or brake-minutes, however measured, the manufacturers goal changes from 'cheapest' to 'best'.
But certainly I'm not about to spring 11k on rotors - bad enough facing $300/tyre. 😢
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20th Jun 2020, 09:13 PM #10
Hi Guys,
But certainly I'm not about to spring 11k on rotors - bad enough facing $300/tyre.Best Regards:
Baron J.
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20th Jun 2020, 09:41 PM #11Gear expert in training
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Yeah...but have you noticed that more vehicles are putting down a lot more power these days as well.
You don't have to replace them with the same thing when they wear out if you don't want to, but I don't see how stickier tyres is a bad thing.
What would be interesting to test is whether some of the fancy coatings used on cutting tools to reduce wear would provide any meaningful benefit or if they'd rub off too quickly.
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21st Jun 2020, 12:32 AM #12
Hi Elan, Guys,
No I hadn't ! But at my age with a 1 ltr 3 cylinder engine, I would rather have economy rather than power. On average I get around 65/68 mpg. My camper van that has a 2.2 ltr diesel engine and is rated at 130 bhp only returns 30 mpg and costs me double the road tax and double the insurance, yet spends 70% of its time parked.
You don't have to replace them with the same thing when they wear out if you don't want to, but I don't see how stickier tyres is a bad thing.
What would be interesting to test is whether some of the fancy coatings used on cutting tools to reduce wear would provide any meaningful benefit or if they'd rub off too quickly.Best Regards:
Baron J.
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21st Jun 2020, 09:52 AM #13Gear expert in training
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25th Jun 2020, 08:27 PM #14Most Valued Member
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Ive seen aluminium disk brake rotors. never tungsten carbide.
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25th Jun 2020, 08:30 PM #15Gear expert in training
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They're cast iron with a 0.1mm carbide facing
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