on 8/23/04 8:59 AM, Dan DiBiase at d_dibiase@yahoo.com wrote:
> Jim, the rears typically pick up more dirt etc than the front - the rear
> wheels on my Audi are ALWAYS much filthier than the fronts. Perhaps whatever
> lubricant/sealer that was used on the inside of the spokes is leaking through
> and picking up dirt from the dirt road.....
Hmm, looking at cars on the street I would say the opposite is generally
true. Disk brakes generate more dust, and that dust is more likely to wind
up on the wheels. Cars with 4-wheel disk brakes I suppose would be closer to
the same, but the front pads would still wear out faster. But at any rate I
think we are talking about more than the normal brake dust dirt here, or he
wouldn't have commented on it in the first place.
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