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Originally Posted by rh71
^ so the only concern I'd have with rotors is less stopping power over time? No "catastrophic failure" scenario to worry about as they wear thinner?
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Not less stopping power. Each stop will be as good as with new rotors, until they get too hot and fade. Rotors act as a heat sink. When they have less mass (thinner), they will overheat sooner, because brakes produce more heat than they can radiate, and you will reach that point where they are overheated (and fade occurs).
Catastrophic failure is not likely until they are so thin that they are weakened structurally. It can happen, but that is an extreme. And they don't all fail at once.
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