10-18-2011, 09:33 PM
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Originally Posted by LionZoo
Yes that's correct. Slotted rotors do chew up pads more than drilled rotors. However, since the slots in most slotted rotors are just grooved indents, that helps a lot in terms of what stresses the rotor sees. At the risk of greatly simplifying things, stress flow in metallic materials is almost like water flowing; it doesn't want to make sharp turns. A drilled hole is going to make the stress turn more than an indentation.
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Thanks for the lesson! :happy0180:
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