A 255x40- 17 front tyre is 1.997 m in circumference. At 100kph that front wheel rotates at 833rpm. So in the 10 minutes I was driving before failure it would have rotated 8,333 times or something less depending on when the caliper bolt fell out. So even at 5 minutes before the bolt fell out we have over 4,000 revolutions with the caliper pressed against the wheel by the drag of the pads and the build up of friction as it melted, not allowing for any braking I may have done. Like the installer who said I should have noticed and stopped, you folks who also say the same, give your head a shake and put it in perspective. I heard or felt nothing for at most 10 minutes while I had a loose load of wooden deck fencing in the back with the window down at 100kph with the lovely sound of a 700bhp LS7 at 1,900rpm. And like I said, does the caliper alloy actually make a noise while it is friction melting? Also as the wheel was rotating in its usual manner with no uneven masses, in the usual plane of rotation, and the caliper still attached by the remaining bolt. What vibrations prior to that remaining bolt sheering off, would be sent through the steering wheel? I do wonder why it didn't pull to the right but then how much actual friction was there in a film of molten alloy?
