mrvette
02-19-2015, 5:38pm
Brake rotors, not 15k miles ground up....
Vette been making some brake noises recently, but seldom driven and not high speeds....lots of traffic, rotors not but ~5 years old.....really loud grinding, pulled the wheels, and sure enough the INSIDE surface of both rotors are all ground out, but the outer edges of the pads have full thickness, the damage on the right rotor is worse must have lost 1/8" of metal can see it on the outer edge, pad on that surface has most of the liner visible......go figger...
other side is better, but rotor is shot.....
bought new pads hoping for best but now I have a hell of a quandry....
all sorts of posts about China crap rotors/castings/metallurgy and so I bought these rotors from NAPA, 35 bux each....they said the castings were China but the machine work was American, that they owned the machine shop.....
So went to the local O'Reilly's and their rotors are made in China, flat out....
and So looks as If I screwed either way....hate to wait a week....taking a chance on whatever from where ever.....
BTW, O ring and DOT5 fluid, no leaks in evidence....have HB on it, the pistons leave some slight drag on the rotor, spun it by hand even with the messed up surface, didn't see inordinate to me.....rough as a cob though....
Anyone any advice as to WTF to do now?? I bolted the wheels back on, at least it's driveable at lo speed, and don't pull.....
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I have a little list, let ALL of them be MIST......
I love how Progressives want to have Darwinism taught in schools but denied as a reality in life.
All products should say "Do not use if your stupid."
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Vette been making some brake noises recently, but seldom driven and not high speeds....lots of traffic, rotors not but ~5 years old.....really loud grinding, pulled the wheels, and sure enough the INSIDE surface of both rotors are all ground out, but the outer edges of the pads have full thickness, the damage on the right rotor is worse must have lost 1/8" of metal can see it on the outer edge, pad on that surface has most of the liner visible......go figger...
other side is better, but rotor is shot.....
bought new pads hoping for best but now I have a hell of a quandry....
all sorts of posts about China crap rotors/castings/metallurgy and so I bought these rotors from NAPA, 35 bux each....they said the castings were China but the machine work was American, that they owned the machine shop.....
So went to the local O'Reilly's and their rotors are made in China, flat out....
and So looks as If I screwed either way....hate to wait a week....taking a chance on whatever from where ever.....
BTW, O ring and DOT5 fluid, no leaks in evidence....have HB on it, the pistons leave some slight drag on the rotor, spun it by hand even with the messed up surface, didn't see inordinate to me.....rough as a cob though....
Anyone any advice as to WTF to do now?? I bolted the wheels back on, at least it's driveable at lo speed, and don't pull.....
__________________
"Hell, there are no rules here ... we're trying to accomplish something." Thomas Edison
I have a little list, let ALL of them be MIST......
I love how Progressives want to have Darwinism taught in schools but denied as a reality in life.
All products should say "Do not use if your stupid."
http://s1005.photobucket.com/albums/
http://mrvette.shutterfly.com/vette2011