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Subject:Re: New Front Brake Rotor Question
From:David Beierl
Date:Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:15:58 -0400

At 10:58 AM 3/31/2009, Gregory Smith wrote:
> From talking to my automotive tech friend, the omni-directional scuffing
>is more to do with reducing harmonics when the brakes are first used
>that actual effectiveness.  For some reason people hate noisy brakes.

Yes, they aim to produce a random non-directional non-repeating
pattern so as not to excite oscillation between pad and disk.

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David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
'89 Po' White Star "Scamp"