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Old 12-13-2012, 06:40 AM   #69
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Originally Posted by Dipstik-sportech View Post
I don't get how this could be an issue on the BRZ. Im assuming that you dont want to use it due to the hot pad being left squeezing the rotor. It uses a drum in hat ebrake which isn't used in normal braking, so it shouldn't cause heat transfer but I could be wrong.
Its not the pads ur worried about, its the rotor itself. Its hot. So when u apply the e brake it squeezes on it & as it cools down it shrinks thousands of an inch (i knoe cuz im a machinist). & if the pads r pressing out as it compresses, then it gets.warped where the pads were...

But anyways...
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