As I understand it, it is not wise to use your E Brake after heavy braking. What is the reason for this? Will it warp your roters?

Does anyone know the resoning behind this?

Thanks,
Matthew

 

from what i understand the rotors become soft when hot so the ebrake will clamp down on your rear rotors and imprint itself on them causing them to become warped.

 

conversely, it's also possible that your hot pads will warp your rotors if you clamp onto them for a long period of time

 

Your E-brake doesn't use you pads or calipers it is a system all on it's own. It uses two little shoes located in the "hat" of the rear rotors like a small drum brake. Refer to FSM for more info.

 

assuming this is true, will using your E Brake after hard braking hurt components in your brake system?

If yes, would you please explain how.

 

can someone else confirm this e-brake aux system? It makes sense to me.....

 

Yup. The e-brake for the Z/G is a cable operated drum type system and is independant of the hydraulic disc brakes.

I've tracked my car extensively and have abosolutely no problems pulling the e-brake as soon as I pit. It's a myth and urban legend that you'll warp your disc with such a system. Even for non drum type e-brakes ... it hasn't been proven to warp brake disc. If the brakes are not able to withstand the clamping force from a simple lever/handle, then it'll readily self destruct when one tries to stop from over 100mph!

None the less, it certainly won't hurt the system if one chooses not to use the e-brake after giving the brakes a good work-out. To each their own.

 

It depends what you mean by hard braking too. If you go from 100-0, then pull over on the side of the road, the brakes won't be as hot as they would after a 30-minute track session. Typically the hype around not using your brakes to park after a track session is for when you have serious metallic or carbon race pads that work in a high heat range. Stock type stuff, especially if you're driving on the street shouldn't do much.

 

I do know that after tracking the car or drivng hard it does smoke the rear rotors when you pull the brake. That usually reminds me to put in gear and remove brake. Like someone said . . .I just feel better not using it, especially when it smokes like crazy when I do it. It may not be bad, but it cant be good!

 

Agreed, I feel the same way.

 

I havent seen any of our drift cars with warped rotors, and we certainly use the ebrake frequently