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- From: welty@cabot.balltown.cma.COM (richard welty)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: disc braks again
- Keywords: discs vs drums
- Message-ID: <1992Sep12.182711.24706@cabot.balltown.cma.COM>
- Date: 12 Sep 92 18:27:11 GMT
- References: <1992Sep10.224850.10150@bohra.cpg.oz.au>
- Organization: New York State Institute for Sebastian Cabot Studies
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- In article <1992Sep10.224850.10150@bohra.cpg.oz.au> jrp@bohra.cpg.oz.au (John Pitman) writes:
- The problems with drums were that when the
- >lining material has a high enough co-efficient of friction to be useful
- >without power assist,
-
- er, no. the CF is pretty similar for disk brake pads and drum brake
- shoes. power assist is not needed for drums because there is a force
- multiplying servo action designed into drums; such a force multiplier
- is not present in disks.
-
- > as the temperature rises, the co-efficient of friction drops way
- >off
-
- this is true for conventional friction materials, yes.
-
- > - also persisent heating can permanently ruin the material's ability to
- >recover, and it's stuffed. Also as the diameter of the drum goes up, the
- >effects of expansion due to heat get worse in terms of distance away from
- >the shoe, and no amount of pumping will get the shoe to stay in contact
- >and do useful work.
-
- actually, one of the effects of enlarging the drums is that the sensitivity
- to expansion is reduced.
-
- >I dont think you will find a drum brake much bigger than 11" anywhere
-
- i've seen a few pre war racers with drums in the 14" and 15" range,
- actually.
-
- cheers,
- richard
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