I wasn't even born yet ! ;-)
Ferdinand
(61) Baby
Charles Brumbelow wrote:
> When I was a teenager (1950's) and a real follower of hot rodding, a
> magazine published something about ..
When I was a teenager (1950's) and a real follower of hot rodding, a
magazine published something about add-on water cooled brake shoes for autos
with drum brakes -- especially for the front wheels, which take most of the
braking load. This was well before disk brakes hit the mass auto market.
Wo
Hi Trent,
Yes obviously heat build up. I forgot to mention all the discs
did heat up to a dull red under heavy braking. At the time we thought it
strange that some discs disintigrated and some did not. Eventually we
tracked the source of those particular discs down to a single
Tony,
Gee, and Meehanite is so popular for machine base castings now days. I'm sure
it's the heat that created the cracks, but still...
Interesting information.
Later,
Trent
Anthony Dixon wrote:
> Off Topic:- the first solid discs were made from
> Meehanite, some of the discs actuall
Hi Trent,
You are correct. The spirals help dissipate localised heat i.e. at
brake shoe contact areas, and draw in more cooler air.
Strange that after all these years, modern car designers have
"re-invented the wheel" by casting spirals/vents inside car disc brakes,
and selling
Hello Bill,
I have also read that the brackets (spiraled ribs) were implimented to help
cool the cast iron wheels in hopes of reducing breakage. Just thought I'd
share what I was told.
Later,
Trent
"William F. Kaiser" wrote:
> The spiral pattern, called brackets, on the backs of wheels were
A couple of people have mentioned the spiral pattern on the backs of
wheels.
The Third Quarter, 1996 issue of the Central Headlight, the magazine of
the New York Central System Historical Society, published an excellent
piece on train wheels.
The spiral pattern, called brackets, on the backs
