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Vehicle & Technical => Discovery => Topic started by: colintandy on January 22, 2006, 22:24:04

Title: disc brakes
Post by: colintandy on January 22, 2006, 22:24:04

would i be correct in thinking that vented disc brakes are drilled all the way through and non vented only part drilled regards colin can anyone confirm this for me if possible got to get the correct brake pads  :roll:

Title: disc brakes
Post by: Henry Webster on January 22, 2006, 22:29:16

Vented discs have two braking faces and a series of vents in between, in the gap between the two braking faces.

Plain discs can be cross-drilled or grooved and have no gap between the braking faces.

Hope this helps!

H

Title: disc brakes
Post by: chuggaman on January 22, 2006, 22:29:54

vented are like two discs connected together with a cavity between them(wider than non vented.

drilled is completly different

mike

Title: disc brakes
Post by: Paul on January 22, 2006, 22:30:47

A vented disc will look like this:

Title: disc brakes
Post by: colintandy on January 22, 2006, 22:44:54

cheers fellas :)