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Originally Posted by Restroom
Well, that explains a lot. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to run to the lumberyard to pick up a six-pack.
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The point here isn't that his profession qualifies him as a Brembo/GM driveline engineer. However, anyone with an engineering background that looks at this issue shakes his/her head questioning what was the driving force to release what is obvious to be a rush to market decision. I'm sure that a few design engineers within GM silently share my and FirstLSK's opinion about this.
I've been involved with manufacturing design/installation of aircraft piston and turbine engines for 20 years and that does not make me an automotive brake expert. But I've seen similar poorly engineered decisions forced by finance and marketing pressures. That is obviously what has happened in this case too. No way was this a design engineers fix...it was a production/quality engineering patch to sustain production targets until a redesigned solution can be delivered with properly weighted calipers.
This brake "tape-a-weight" issue is not a big deal...GM could have delivered the cars without the weights and replaced or permanently modified the calipers under a service bulletin once new a design is final. But in the interest of reducing brake noise on the first few thousand cars, this short-cut was approved....it just looks ridiculous.
I just can't understand how any of us can look at this installation and not say WTF...and then suggest it was a proper design and should be delivery this way.
