To clarify what is meant by "swept":
Say I have a push broom. The head is 24 inches wide, and 4 inches in the
other direction (call this "depth"). Now I push it across my shop floor,
clearing a path in the wood shavings exactly 24 inches wide. The length of
this path that I just swept, multiplied by the width of the broom head,
equals my "swept area". Note that the "depth" dimension does not figure into
this at all -- if I "upgraded" my broom with a new head that was 8 inches
deep, it would not affect my "swept area" (though presumably the fact that
it has more "bristle surface" would make it somewhat more effective at
picking up sawdust -- in this sense a "deeper" pad with more "friction
surface" might improve brake clamping force, or at least pad wear, wthout
contributing to "swept area").
As Kelvin pointed out, the V8 pad is wider, not deeper, so it does indeed
increase swept area (as well as friction surface), so you are right on all
counts. But that was not implicit in the product description, which is why I
raised the subject.
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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires
on 5/16/07 3:24 PM, Maynard Hirsch at mghirsch@netzero.net wrote:
> If you is 100% technical, you may correct, but what Moss means is that the
> surface area of the pad is greater, and that the area ol the rotor being swept
> is greater.
>
> As far as the ridges, when you install different size pads you should either
> turn the old rotors or replace them.
>
> Maynard
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