sup guys. just need help here. my cube mate is having her car serviced and the dealer said that her rotors are delaminating. what is delaminating?

Ron

 

delaminating... that's when laminations come apart. Laminations being several thin things bonded together to make up a thicker, stronger item... I've never heard of rotors delaminating though... Hmmm....

 

http://www.webster.com:

Main Entry: de·lam·i·na·tion
Pronunciation: (")dE-"la-m&-'nA-sh&n
Function: noun
Date: 1877
1 : gastrula formation in which the endoderm is split off as a layer from the inner surface of the blastoderm and the archenteron is represented by the space between this endoderm and the yolk mass

2 : separation into constituent layers
- de·lam·i·nate /(")dE-'la-m&-"nAt/ intransitive verb

 

i personally have never heard of this term either.. what did they want to do to correct this problem?

what make/model car? or does your cube mate drive an R?

 

 

she's got an alero(oldsmobile). according to her, thats what the dealer said.
I never heard of the term before in relation to rotors. I told her they might be
feeding her $hit.

Ron

 

The only rotor I can think of that could be delaminating is the distributor rotor. Otherwise brake rotors could be rusted up to a point where they are "flaking". They probably wanted to use a fancy word to impress a nice lady


[Modified by JPP, 1:18 PM 10/16/2002]

 

funny thing is when my cube mate asked what delaminating is, they did not know. they said they'll get back to her on that.

Ron

 

hmm.. sounds like they're screwing her to me.. depending on what they say when they "get back to her", she might want to take someone with her who knows, to have a see for themselves..


[Modified by mstewar, 1:57 PM 10/16/2002]