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1. Brake backing or dust plates? (score: 1): Author: phile@pwcs.stpaul.gov (Philip J Ethier); Date: Thu, 7 Jan 93 11:39:22 CST; I have a Lotus Europa which uses the Spitfire/GT6 front disk brakes. Like on most cars, they have a sheet-metal guard which covers the inside of the disk. I've got the assembly apart now, and am tryi; /html/british-cars/1992-01/msg00067.html (8,219 bytes)
2. Re: Brake backing or dust plates? (score: 1): Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com>; Date: Thu, 7 Jan 93 11:56:49 pst; Phil, My snake doesn't have these guards; never have. My disks have survived for 30 years so far and still work fine. Roland; /html/british-cars/1992-01/msg00072.html (7,936 bytes)
3. Re: Brake backing or dust plates? (score: 1): Author: "Andrew C. Green" <dlogics!hermes.dlogics.com!acg@uunet.UU.NET>; Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1993 14:39:16 CST; I'm not sure how true this is. I notice that most cars are equipped with these although the likelihood of them acting as a shield against flying debris seems a bit remote; ergo, what are they doing t; /html/british-cars/1992-01/msg00076.html (8,442 bytes)
4. Brake backing or dust plates? (score: 1): Author: Andrew J. Huang <andyh@pluto.cs.brandeis.edu>; Date: Thu, 7 Jan 93 15:45:56 -0500; _I_ think, and I want to be corrected, that you might have problems in the rain. My Alfa's brakes are terrible in heavy rain at high speeds and I believe it is due to wet rotors. Without the backing; /html/british-cars/1992-01/msg00077.html (7,472 bytes)
5. RE: Brake backing or dust plates? (score: 1): Author: Dave Van Horn <spitfire?DaveVH@microsoft.com>; Date: Thu, 7 Jan 93 16:16:05 PST; the disk. That metal guard is a heat shield to protect the rubber boot on the upper ball joint from the heat of the brakes. Without it, the rubber will dry out and crack, exposing the ball joint to; /html/british-cars/1992-01/msg00084.html (8,063 bytes)
6. Re: Brake backing or dust plates? (score: 1): Author: zrol01@trc.amoco.com (Richard O. Lindsay); Date: Fri, 8 Jan 93 08:11:36 CST; Andrew C. Green writes in reply to Phil Ethier: And a followup to that thought. Just last evening I reinstalled the brake calipers, pads, tie-rod ends AND the brake shields. The point here is that th; /html/british-cars/1992-01/msg00089.html (9,476 bytes)
7. RE: Brake backing or dust plates? (score: 1): Author: zrol01@trc.amoco.com (Richard O. Lindsay); Date: Fri, 8 Jan 93 08:33:53 CST; Hi Dave. I just replied to the note Phil and Andrew wrote about brake rotor shields - before reading your note. That is the problem with linear processes. I need to develop the ability to read my mai; /html/british-cars/1992-01/msg00090.html (8,498 bytes)
8. Re: Brake backing or dust plates? (score: 1): Author: "Andrew C. Green" <dlogics!hermes.dlogics.com!acg@uunet.UU.NET>; Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 09:32:17 CST; The majority of my brake experience has been with honking big G.M. cars, which have the same vented design. As the wheel turns, there are always several vents open to the incoming slipstream, and whe; /html/british-cars/1992-01/msg00094.html (9,227 bytes)

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