Nissan Quashiqui Concerns

[MCKDAVID]

"...........because it tends to be the front discs that have the majority of warping issues"

front discs warping is also more likely because of the highest percentage of braking effort too

 

[doubleboost]

We very rarely fit pads only
With discs and pads you get a warranty
Discs are very cheap now

 

[Appyasme1]

The warping and heat transfer makes sense.My wife tends to use the brakes hard.

 

[zx9]

This is an interesting white paper from a brake manufacture/specialist, it states that in every single case or "warped disc" their investigations proved it to be pad transfer.

And one of the reasons I asked:

no one asked is it an auto?

Prolonged heavy braking before holding it on the foot brake at junctions can cause it.

We very rarely fit pads only
With discs and pads you get a warranty
Discs are very cheap now

Must have been twenty odd years ago, well before the time when you could easily check prices on the internet, I sent Mrs. ZX9 out to buy discs for a early 90's Audi 80 Coupe she came back with discs and a load of change, for a moment I thought there must have been a mistake and they had only sold her one disc
Car discs do seem cheap when you look at the cost of motorcycle discs.

The warping and heat transfer makes sense.My wife tends to use the brakes hard.

Or heat transfer and pad material deposition.

 

[ukracer]

I was told warping of the front discs is often the result of the driver's habit of holding the car on the footbrake instead of the handbrake, it concentrates the heat of the hot pad in one area.

When I asked why the rear disc did not warp by using the handbrake the answer was rear discs are heavier and designed for purpose, plus the fact all manufacturers are doing everything possible to reduce weight no matter how small a difference, hence thinner front discs = more chance of warping.

It may have some truth in it because it tends to be the front discs that have the majority of warping issues.

Rear discs have always been smaller on my cars...weird...