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May 17, 2017 11:07
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French term
Spotté
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French to English
Tech/Engineering
Automotive / Cars & Trucks
Canadian French. Survey about vehicle problems.
Not sure of exact question, but probably something like - What problems have you encountered with your vehicle?
Les disques de freins avant ont spotté et vibraient.
Not sure about the verb "spotter". I only found one example (same context) in a Google search, but not enough context to figure out meaning.
Thank you for your help.
Not sure of exact question, but probably something like - What problems have you encountered with your vehicle?
Les disques de freins avant ont spotté et vibraient.
Not sure about the verb "spotter". I only found one example (same context) in a Google search, but not enough context to figure out meaning.
Thank you for your help.
Proposed translations
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| 4 +1 | (have) developed hot spots |
Charles Davis
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(have) developed hot spots
I've found some uses of "spotter" on Canadian car forums in French in relation to brake rotors (discs) and I think the clues there to what it means fit hot spots (as well as the fact that they have "spot" in common). In French it used both transitively and intransitively (as in your case); it can be something brake rotors do (spotter) or something that happens to them (être spotté). The meaning seems to be the same.
Hot spots are pad material that gets onto the rotor, heats up and causes thickness variations, and they are the main cause of brake noise and vibration. They are often caused by inadequate bedding-in/breaking-in.
This is from a glossary of braking terms and it on bedding-in:
"This method will prevent thermal shock, distortion and the formation of "hot spots" (regional deposition of pad material which results in a permanent transformation of the cast iron underneath the deposit) and ensure maximum disc life."
http://www.stoptech.com/docs/media-center-documents/centricp...
"In fact every case of "warped brake disc" that I have investigated, whether on a racing car or a street car, has turned out to be friction pad material transferred unevenly to the surface of the disc. This uneven deposition results in thickness variation (TV) or run-out due to hot spotting that occurred at elevated temperatures."
http://www.stoptech.com/technical-support/technical-white-pa...
"As the components heat up, the rotor may develop hot spots that could cause the rotor to have different regions of friction that produce different levels of brake torque. This friction coupling is where most brake noise is generated."
http://www.tomorrowstechnician.com/undercover-putting-the-is...
Here are a few French examples of "spotter" that seem to point to this. The first one links it to vibration and inadequate bedding-in:
"voila j'ai un petit probleme avec mon frein avant, quand je freine sa donne des petits cout [sic, for "coups"] [...]
Ton disque est probablement spotté. Mauvais rodage des freins p-ê."
https://m4e.com/archive/index.php/t-140972.html
Here's one that seems to point to pad material:
"C'est vaiment un bruit de friction/grondement.
Oui je vais faire tourner les disques à la fin de l'hiver c'est officiel. Sa confirme qu'ils ont probablement spotté à cause des anciens pads de marde.... "
https://www.montrealracing.com/forums/showthread.php?794084-...
"J'ai vraiment été prudent au début ne pas freiner trop sec afin de ne pas les "Spotter""
http://www.clubmazdaquebec.com/archive/index.php/t-50516.htm...
" ton disque peut etre spotter (tacher noir) ce qui fait que ca vibre car la friction est inegale"
http://www.elantraquebec.com/forums/archive/index.php?t-4095...
Hot spots are pad material that gets onto the rotor, heats up and causes thickness variations, and they are the main cause of brake noise and vibration. They are often caused by inadequate bedding-in/breaking-in.
This is from a glossary of braking terms and it on bedding-in:
"This method will prevent thermal shock, distortion and the formation of "hot spots" (regional deposition of pad material which results in a permanent transformation of the cast iron underneath the deposit) and ensure maximum disc life."
http://www.stoptech.com/docs/media-center-documents/centricp...
"In fact every case of "warped brake disc" that I have investigated, whether on a racing car or a street car, has turned out to be friction pad material transferred unevenly to the surface of the disc. This uneven deposition results in thickness variation (TV) or run-out due to hot spotting that occurred at elevated temperatures."
http://www.stoptech.com/technical-support/technical-white-pa...
"As the components heat up, the rotor may develop hot spots that could cause the rotor to have different regions of friction that produce different levels of brake torque. This friction coupling is where most brake noise is generated."
http://www.tomorrowstechnician.com/undercover-putting-the-is...
Here are a few French examples of "spotter" that seem to point to this. The first one links it to vibration and inadequate bedding-in:
"voila j'ai un petit probleme avec mon frein avant, quand je freine sa donne des petits cout [sic, for "coups"] [...]
Ton disque est probablement spotté. Mauvais rodage des freins p-ê."
https://m4e.com/archive/index.php/t-140972.html
Here's one that seems to point to pad material:
"C'est vaiment un bruit de friction/grondement.
Oui je vais faire tourner les disques à la fin de l'hiver c'est officiel. Sa confirme qu'ils ont probablement spotté à cause des anciens pads de marde.... "
https://www.montrealracing.com/forums/showthread.php?794084-...
"J'ai vraiment été prudent au début ne pas freiner trop sec afin de ne pas les "Spotter""
http://www.clubmazdaquebec.com/archive/index.php/t-50516.htm...
" ton disque peut etre spotter (tacher noir) ce qui fait que ca vibre car la friction est inegale"
http://www.elantraquebec.com/forums/archive/index.php?t-4095...
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