Thread: Does anyone let their vehicle cool down before a water crossing?

Originally Posted by 350RRC

The other thing that no one has mentioned is warping brake discs.

If you think about it, a river crossing is almost invariably down in a valley and is generally approached by driving down a (sometimes very steep) hill that will involve the use of brakes to some extent.

I remember Slunnie posting this up some time ago, along with the idea that vented discs were more prone to warping than solid if suddenly cooled.

cheers, DL

Probably another good reason to stick to the standard rotors

Originally Posted by Young Angus

So I was in an ARB store yesterday just getting a blow gun for my compressor (I find they are like guitar stores...the less time you need to spend in them the better) and I overheard a conversation between a staff member and some guy who nearly ran me over in the car park later on because he was hooning through it in his giant Land Cruiser (seriously this dick head nearly ran me over he was going so fast), and they were talking about some big 4WD day that him and all his mates were at with all their big fancy expensive 4WDs and they'd been driving for a while and then came to a river crossing and it sounded like they all just dived in and every car broke down afterwards, with what sounded like pretty major issues, and then lots of repair work ensued afterwards.

Couldn't help wondering if any of them had actually stopped to let their vehicles cool down. It didn't sound like they did and there was no mention of this in the conversation...is this not common sensible practice? Makes sense to me anyway...

You get fools like this everywhere be 4WD's or Boats, Heaps of money But short on common sense.
It doesn't bother me at all that they are wreaking their gear doing stupid stuff But it really is a PITA dragging the useless buggers out of the bush or back to the boat ramp when things go pear shaped.

Originally Posted by trout1105

Probably another good reason to stick to the standard rotors

Never had an issue with slotted rotors and at one point I had to drive through a river every day to get to and from home.

Originally Posted by trout1105

Probably another good reason to stick to the standard rotors

Nah!

Originally Posted by rick130

Never had an issue with slotted rotors and at one point I had to drive through a river every day to get to and from home.

Wasn't talking about slotted, or slotted and drilled. I'll have to dig up the thread.

What Slunnie was referring to was the difference in warping between stock LR vented or solid rotors that could be used on the same vehicle, i.e. RRC fronts, based (from memory) on his experience.

I've had solid slotted DBA rotors on my POS for years and they're great, but they're still a solid rotor, just better.

DL