Many Titan owners have recently commented they had been thru sets of front brakes in less than six months!
The popular magazines gave the Titan high marks on it’s hauling capabilities however, they did stay long enough to see how the brakes hold up to stopping these loads month after month.
Having dealers turn the rotors to re-ture the fiction faces is only a quick fix. But, when the brakes are subjected to the same stopping forces that caused the problem in the first place and now with less mass in the rotor, although small, there is a reduction in the rotors’ ability to absorb the heat generated.
Not many owners understand the problems with cast-irons used in brakes. Nissan is not using the latest sciences and technology to reduce “Austenite” in the cast-iron in all probability due to the costs involved.
Applied Rotor Technology (ART) employs deep cryogenic tempering. Cryo-Treating is a complex process but, performed properly it promotes better heat absorption in cast-iron by reducing its’ properties of Austenite and porosity by changing these weaker deposits into more uniform particles know as "Martensites". With the addition of gas-porting and using combinations of Carbon or Kevlar materials in the brake pads the stopping power is improve dramatically.
Owners who use their trucks to tow trailers, carrying work tools or heavy loads are experiencing warped rotors. This is nothing new to heavy truck owners. ART has been helping owners with Fords, Dodges, GMs and Toyotas etc. for years.
Here are just some of other forums where you can find owners of heavy trucks with brake warping issues.
http://www.nissantitan.info/forum_posts.asp?TID=882&KW=titanmom
http://www.turbodieselregister.com/forums/showthread.php?t=109818
http://www.ford-trucks.com/articles/sept2000/art1.html
http://fordtrucks.com/forums/showthread.php?t=262823
http://www.fordexcursions.com/forums/posts.php?threadid=4090
http://www.fordexcursions.com/forums/posts.php?threadid=1265&page=1&rpp=10
The popular magazines gave the Titan high marks on it’s hauling capabilities however, they did stay long enough to see how the brakes hold up to stopping these loads month after month.
Having dealers turn the rotors to re-ture the fiction faces is only a quick fix. But, when the brakes are subjected to the same stopping forces that caused the problem in the first place and now with less mass in the rotor, although small, there is a reduction in the rotors’ ability to absorb the heat generated.
Not many owners understand the problems with cast-irons used in brakes. Nissan is not using the latest sciences and technology to reduce “Austenite” in the cast-iron in all probability due to the costs involved.
Applied Rotor Technology (ART) employs deep cryogenic tempering. Cryo-Treating is a complex process but, performed properly it promotes better heat absorption in cast-iron by reducing its’ properties of Austenite and porosity by changing these weaker deposits into more uniform particles know as "Martensites". With the addition of gas-porting and using combinations of Carbon or Kevlar materials in the brake pads the stopping power is improve dramatically.
Owners who use their trucks to tow trailers, carrying work tools or heavy loads are experiencing warped rotors. This is nothing new to heavy truck owners. ART has been helping owners with Fords, Dodges, GMs and Toyotas etc. for years.
Here are just some of other forums where you can find owners of heavy trucks with brake warping issues.
http://www.nissantitan.info/forum_posts.asp?TID=882&KW=titanmom
http://www.turbodieselregister.com/forums/showthread.php?t=109818
http://www.ford-trucks.com/articles/sept2000/art1.html
http://fordtrucks.com/forums/showthread.php?t=262823
http://www.fordexcursions.com/forums/posts.php?threadid=4090
http://www.fordexcursions.com/forums/posts.php?threadid=1265&page=1&rpp=10