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	Disc brake - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Experiments with disc-style brakes began in England in the 1890s; the first ever automobile disc brakes were patented by Frederick William Lanchester in his Birmingham factory in 1902, though it took another half century for his innovation to be widely adopted.
		Disc brakes are also more reliable than drum brakes due to the simplicity of their mechanics, the low number of parts compared to the drum brake, and ease of adjustment.
		The brake pads are designed for high friction with brake pad material embedded to the disc in the process of bedding while wearing evenly.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Disc_brake (2282 words)

	Disc brake - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Carbon-carbon brake discs are composed of carbon fiber within a carbon matrix, exploiting the excellent thermal conductivity of graphite.
		Carbon ceramic brakes are lightweight and have a very high specific heat and thermal conductivity, making them ideal as brake discs able to withstand over 1600 °C. They are also very expensive and require special pads, delegating them for use mostly on high end applications such as the Porsche Carrera GT.
		The lifespan of carbon-ceramic brakes is limited by cracking that occurs because of the different rates of expansion between the carbon and the silicon carbide.
	www.cupertino.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Disc_brakes (1765 words)

	Disc brake - Auto Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		A braking disc (or rotor in US English), usually made of steel, is connected to the wheel or the axle.
		This means that the brake pads remain in contact with the disc and the discs will cool unevenly, this may lead to warping as desribed above.
		A brake disc is a heat sink, remove mass and you increase the stresses it will have to contend with.
	www.autos.adreviews.net /encyclopedia/index.php?title=Disc_brake&actio... (1588 words)

	Disc brake: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		A drum brake is a brake in which the friction is caused by a set of shoes or pads that press against the inner surface of a rotating drum....
		In automobiles, fade, or brake fade is the reduction in stopping power caused by a buildup of heat in the braking surfaces (and in the case of drum brakes...
		Disc brakes are also more reliable than drum brakes due to the simplicity of their mechanics, EHandler: no quick summary.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/d/di/disc_brake.htm (3016 words)

	Disc Brake Conversion - 1
		I needed the rear disc brake assembly from a '95 to '98 Grand Cherokee's Dana 35 axle.
		After receiving the D-35 brake parts from a '94 Grand Cherokee (hey, it was close), I visited the local Jeep dealership to acquire a few new pieces for the disc brake assemblies.
		I saw an '03 with discs on a lift and noticed that the rear discs on the 44 were identical to the ZJ discs.
	www.stu-offroad.com /suspension/d44brake/bc-1.htm (1340 words)

	Avid \| Disc Brakes \| Ball Bearing Road (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Most mechanical disc brakes are very sensitive to the angle at which the cable housing terminates at the caliper.
		Using a 1-piece cast body supported by two tensioned truss bolts, the mechanical caliper is the strongest and stiffest disc brake on the market.
		Additionally, since adjusting for brake pad wear at the barrel adjuster limits the amount of lever travel, it is recommended that brake pads be adjusted at the caliper, not the lever.
	www.sram.com /en/avid/discbrakes/ballbearingroad/ballbearingroad.php (735 words)

	DISC
		Attach the new brake hose banjo bolt to the caliper.
		However, the rear discs do see a fair bit of duty when the brakes are applied heavily, and that's when this upgrade is valuable.
		I've also noticed that the parking brake is a fair bit sloppier than the old drum setup, since the rear discs utilize a separate inner drum parking brake.
	wac.addr.com /auto/obs/disc/disc.html (1773 words)

	Motorcycle Online: Disc Brake Tech
		The floating disc allows the inner portion of the disc mounting system to be made from a lighter, weaker material and hence decrease the rotating mass of the wheel and adding to the overall lightness of the motorcycle.
		However, on this particular bike the rear disc is solidly mounted to the wheel and isn't of the "floating" type as the front discs.
		The basic idea is to have two people, one puts a light amount of pressure on the brake lever to introduce pressure into the system while the other opens the bleeder screw on the caliper and closes it after a couple seconds, thus purging the system of a little bit of fluid and air.
	www.motorcycle.com /mo/mcnuts/braketech.motml (2196 words)

	Wilwood Disc Brake Pads
		Wilwood high performance brake pads are described in general; your actual selection should combine this information with your own testing and experience.
		Brake pad performance is generally measured using its coefficient of friction (cf), i.e.
		Brake pads and rotors should always be initially bedded to condition the pads and rotor surfaces for racing use.
	www.magnumforceracing.com /store4/wilwood_disc_brake_pads.htm (845 words)

	Avid disc brake
		Then Avid came out with their mechanical disc brake in the Fall of 1999 (if memory serves me righthell, maybe it was 2000dates get blurry, you know) and completely changed that paradigm.
		If you own a pair of these disc brakes, there is no reason at all (aside from a warped rotor) that your rotor should be rubbing against the caliper.
		Braking power is phenomenal and my mother (who still can’t operate the DVD player) can keep them tuned with just an allen wrench and an occasional glance at the 2-page set-up manual.
	bikemag.com /gear/082905_avid (1445 words)

	X Body Disc Brake Swap
		Swapping disc brakes for drum brakes is certainly not a new idea.
		But if your on a frugal buget, disc brake swap kits are a bit too pricey even for "stock" parts.
		Disc vehicles have the hard line pointing towards the outside and bolted to the lower control arm with a bracket that is supplied with the flex line.
	www.oldengine.org /unfaq/leadfoot/discs.htm (1437 words)

	Mustang & Ford Disc Brakes \| Learn to Install Ford Disc Brakes - Mustang and Fords (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Front disc brakes were perhaps the best value per dollar on the option list when Ford cars were ordered new.
		Brakes are mechanisms to convert kinetic energy into heat energy.
		With disc brakes, water is thrown off the rotor when the pads come in contact with the rotor surface.
	mustangandfords.com /techarticles/mufp_0602_ford_mustang_disc_brake (544 words)

	Pat's Nova Pictures and Info - Early Nova Brakes
		The first part deals with a disc brake upgrade, the second part is about upgrading a single-chamber (62-66) master cylinder to a dual-chamber one, even if you are sticking with drum brakes.
		The brake pedal operates two separate sources of pressure, one is connected to the front brakes, and the other is connected to the rear.
		Disc brake circuits do not have the check valve, and do not keep any of the pressure between pedal depressions.
	www.bracketracer.com /novabrake.htm (1276 words)

	Howstuffworks "How Disc Brakes Work"
		Most modern cars have disc brakes on the front wheels, and some have disc brakes on all four wheels.
		This is the part of the brake system that does the actual work of stopping the car.
		The most common type of disc brake on modern cars is the single-piston floating caliper.
	auto.howstuffworks.com /disc-brake.htm (82 words)

	Performance Disc Brakes from Stainless Steel Brakes Corporation (SSBC)
		Stainless Steel Brakes Corporation (SSBC) is a cutting edge manufacturer of performance disc brake kits and accessories.
		With over 30 years of experience in the performance brake industry, you can be sure you're getting the best disc brakes available.
		To see what performance disc brakes SSBC has for your car or truck, select your vehicle's make, model and year in the Vehicle Product Search tool in the upper left corner of the site.
	www.ssbrakes.com (218 words)

	Front Disc Brake Conversion
		Spindles, (37 K) drum on left, disc on right, notice length is different at the base, between the inner bearing surface and the bolt surface to the knuckle (the area where the inner bearing seal rides.)
		Disc rotor, bearing hub installed on spindle (76 K) The bearings are obviously installed in the bearing hub already and the rotor is installed with the wheel studs pressed through the back.
		Disc MC vs Drum MC (57 K) Notice the height is the same, but the disc MC is much wider, further contributing to the throttle linkage interferance.
	www.wsu.edu:8080 /~i6735189/discbrakeconversion.htm (1278 words)

	Disk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Look up disc, disk in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
		A flying disc or, more specifically, a Frisbee, a disk-shaped toy
		Disk (or disc) has also been misnomerously used to refer to tape drives and flash memory cards for both music and computer data.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Disc (133 words)

	Precision Tandems - Santana Team AL with Avid Disc Brake, brake, brakes, disc brakes, avid, avid ball bearing, ball ...
		Now the trick for road bikes is that Avid does not package a 203mm disc rotor with their Road calipers and of course, it's the 203mm that you want.
		The later is probably better technically, because when a disc brake is applied the rear wheel is forced up into the dropouts (this is a good thing).
		Conversely, when the mount point is on the seat stay, braking forces combined with wheel/road traction try to kick the wheel down and out of the rear dropout (a bad thing).
	www.precisiontandems.com /avidconversion.htm (1274 words)

	Disc Brake Swap
		When swapping from drums to discs, from the donor car you'll need the entire left and right side spindle assemblies (spindles, splashshields, calipers, rotors, etc.), proportioning valve/metering block, and appropriate master cylinder and power brake booster.
		energy from the braking effort assists in forcing the shoe against the drum, decreasing the required effort) while discs are not.
		Mixing brake pad materials (organic vs semi-metallic or different manufacturers) can be used to correct fore-and-aft brake bias problems, but it is a trial-and-error process and the results can vary depending on brake temperature.
	www.woodyg.com /fairlane/finfo/drumtodisc.html (1311 words)

	MustangSteve's GRANADA to MUSTANG DISC BRAKE INSTALLATION INFORMATION
		Note: Versailles disc brakes use a larger diameter lower ball joint stud, and require the use of an adapter to be able to bolt up to the Mustang lower ball joint.
		That is caused by the OUTER brake pads not being clamped tightly into the caliper when they are installed.
		Be sure to “bench bleed” the master cylinder before installation, then bleed all brakes after installation, starting from the farthest away from the master cylinder and work your way towards it.
	www.mustangsteve.com /granadadiscs.html (1899 words)

	Dual Banger Disc Brake
		We believe this to be the next evolution in mechanical disc brakes.
		Other mechs have one moving pad pushing into the rotor which then is pushed into the other brake pad which is stationary.
		Disc pads are Shimano Deore Mechanical-type so getting replacements are easy.
	www.interlocracing.com /discbrake.html (100 words)

	Mustang FAQ and How To's (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Converting 4-wheel drum brake Mustangs to front disc brakes is a popular and effective way to increase the braking power of older Mustangs (and other Ford and Mercury automobiles).
		The scope of this document is converting a manual 4-wheel drum Classic Mustang to front disc brakes.
		Converting to power brakes and all those issues (pedal pivot location, master cylinder, feel,...) are not covered here.
	www.vintage-mustang.com /topics/faq/drumtodisk.html (982 words)

	Wilwood Rear Disc Brake Kits for Ford, Chevy, Dodge and more (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Lightweight steel rotors (cross drilled rotors optional) and high friction disc brake pads are also included.
		The complete parking brake assembly is neatly hidden inside the one piece hat and rotor assembly.
		Brake shoe adjustment is easily accessible through the backing plate.
	www.magnumforce.com /wilwood_rear_brakes.asp (1361 words)

	Disc Brake Calipers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		I was looking at the specifications on different brake calipers for some projects, and it occurred to me that the data would be of interest to others.
		Weights were taken from the catalogs indicated, except the Nissin caliper which was weighed by a friend.
		If anyone has dimensions for a brake I've not listed send it to me and I'll add that to the list.
	www.eurospares.com /discbrak.htm (261 words)

	ECI Disc Brake Conversion Kits - Early Chevy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Our Early Chevrolet disc brake conversion kits are engineered and designed to bolt on to your stock Chevrolet spindle.
		ECI Disc Brake Kits are available as either a basic kit or as a complete kit.
		If you need additional tire to fender clearance this new kit narrows the track width 2" on factory disc brake installations, and 1" on drum brake equipped subframes.
	www.ecihotrodbrakes.com /early_chevy_discbrake_conversions.html (515 words)

	Disc brake pads for your car,truck, and motorcycle. Also, Performance race brake pads. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Disc brake pads for your car,truck, and motorcycle.
		If you can't find the brake pads your looking for using our parts lookup please send our sales department an e-mail to see if we can locate the correct brake pads.
		What Is The Difference Between The 3 Grades of Performance Frictions Disc Brake Pads.
	www.nationalfleetparts.com /Performance_friction.asp (569 words)

	Disc Brake, Steering and Suspension Products for classic Chevy and Ford cars and trucks
		CPP is a leader in creating computer designed disc Brake, Power Steering and Suspension parts.
		As a leader in the steering, brakes and suspension industry, we have combined our truck and car catalogs into one complete parts and accessories reference guide.
		Disc Brake Kits and components designed to meet the needs and budgets of any enthusiast from mild to wild.
	www.classicperform.com (408 words)

	Disc Brake - Products for Disc Brake - Manufacturers,Exporters,Suppliers,Traders,Companies,Factories (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		All Ruiyu brake pads are done according to the standard quality f
		The materials used for brake discs are SAE-J431 and G3000.
		We are producing this kind of high performance brake rotor.
	www.alibaba.com /productsearch/Disc_Brake.html (721 words)

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