Why change to Disc Brakes?
• Disc brakes offer a significant advantage over drum brakes in a number of areas, the most important is in safety. • Disc brakes resist heat induced brake fade. The design of disc brakes dissipates heat much more quickly than drum brakes. Also, heat causes the disc to expand which has no effect on braking ability where as the drum expands it increases the amount of travel required for the shoes to apply effective stopping force. • Disc brakes resist water induced brake fade. When disc brakes become wet, the large majority of the water is spun off of the disc during rotation. The residual water evaporates from the heat caused during braking. In a drum brake set up, water can become trapped inside the drum and act as a lubricant between the drum and shoes causing water induced brake fade. • Disc brakes are better at straight-line stops. Drum brakes have a tendency to pull due to inconsistent alignment of the shoes from the left to right wheels due to a dependency on multiple complex flo
