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Originally Posted by Impreza
Yes. The pressure of the hydraulic system is controlled by the driver and the pressure on the front left and front right should be the same. But having bad shocks/struts affect the stopping distance of your vehicle. So instead of braking normally you are now pressing the brake pedal harder trying to stop, this you put more pressure on the brake pedal which push more pressure on the brakes.
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Only way that makes enough of a difference in a average road going vehicle is with a completely obliterated suspension system and is not applicable to this situation at all.
In theory, yes having to push harder on the pedal to stop would cause increased heat, but AGAIN this is a road going car that's been maintained with all needed items. It does not have completely blown shocks allowing for such a drastic weight shift that he has to brake harder.
Far reach even if they were blown to say that this is the case as the springs are far more load bearing and don't simply fail.
Only time this would be a measurable effect on a car would be in a track situation under repeated heavy loadings.
This idea that the suspension (shocks) are so bad that they cause rotor warping (fyi, there not warped) is as applicable as saying a clean car gets better fuel milage than a dirty one because it has less wind resistance and weight. It is TRUE but it is so minute that there is no measurable quantity to show such a minor thing. Shocks being blown will kill stopping distance tho, but only because you no longer are able to maintain a consistent contact patch between the tire and road, not the brakes.