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Originally Posted by trump26901,Jun 19 2007, 08:59 AM
is it just me, or the "shield from grease" reason seems a bit out there. Let say that something does go and suddenly you grease that rotor. "You are dead" seems really extreem. Lets say you do lose all braking on one wheel, now you are down to three? So you can't brake as hard... you should still be able to stop your car even if you manage to get the lubricant on two of the rotors.
Worried about on the track and losing one? Isn't that exactly why there is a runoff at the end of straits? "You are dead" just seems a bit over the top to me. Sure you lose 30-60% of your stopping power, but its not as if suddenly you will have NO brakes because you took off your dust shields.
I personally keep them on because I'm more worried about throwing a rock into the underside of my car as opposed to shaving 5lbs off the curb weight, but I don't keep them on thinking "thank god I have my dust shield on, one day it may save my life."
There the glass is half full people and then there are the glass is half empty people.
Originally Posted by trump26901,Jun 19 2007, 05:59 AM
is it just me, or the "shield from grease" reason seems a bit out there. Let say that something does go and suddenly you grease that rotor. "You are dead" seems really extreem. Lets say you do lose all braking on one wheel, now you are down to three? So you can't brake as hard... you should still be able to stop your car even if you manage to get the lubricant on two of the rotors.
Worried about on the track and losing one? Isn't that exactly why there is a runoff at the end of straits? "You are dead" just seems a bit over the top to me. Sure you lose 30-60% of your stopping power, but its not as if suddenly you will have NO brakes because you took off your dust shields.
I personally keep them on because I'm more worried about throwing a rock into the underside of my car as opposed to shaving 5lbs off the curb weight, but I don't keep them on thinking "thank god I have my dust shield on, one day it may save my life."
Originally Posted by hey_i'm_new,Jun 19 2007, 10:50 AM
it's probably JDM or somebody with 1000+ post / 3+ years membership said you should. =)
No clown, read the whole post.
As I stated before it's because mine got beat up in the rear. I wanted to know if it is safe to remove them and I also wanted to know if it will help keep the brakes cool. I wanted to know all their purposes on the car as I like to know how things work.
I know on my 240sx's i remove them because I upgraded to bigger brakes (Z32 4 piston calipers) and the rotor would not clear. I didn't want to cut the shield so I just removed it. Drove for years with it removed and had no problems.
Originally Posted by hey_i'm_new,Jun 19 2007, 12:05 AM
if you want to increase the odds of your death, go to iraq.
Excuse me - have you volunteered or served any time in the Middle East?
If so - this isn't the forum for this type of comment. IF NOT - shut the Fu<k Up. You haven't earned the right to open your hole.
As for the OP's question: there's no problem with running without the dust shields.
I have a set of "Brake Man" brakes that required the removal of the shields and I've had no problems at all - dust or otherwise. 18,000 miles and counting.
06-19-2007, 06:07 AM
