Hampton Roads Peninsula Rotor Spin

[thegreenman]

I am swapping out my brake pads this weekend and want to get my rotors spun to make sure they are balanced/true. Anyone recommend someone good on the peninsula?


TIA

[allthrottleandsomebottle]

If you have no pedal pulsation or out of balance condition, just swap & bed them in very well.....ya know..............the route we took after the Parkway last Sunday will do
I have never had any need to have any of mine checked and have been through a few pads/rotors
If everything is free sliding on the calipers, you will have even wear

[thegreenman]

No pulsation but I have a shimmy in the 70's, it might be unbalanced rotors, acts like an alignment issue. I was several cars behind you last Sunday, but the brake sequel is bad as they warm up, another reason I am thinking it could be the rotors. I have seen several threads with others saying they replaced their rotors and the shimmy went away. I figure it should be cheap to have the rotors checked. I put on ceramic pads last year to cut down the dust but I am yanking them as I haven't been able to get them to stop the squealing, lubed them a couple times but no difference. Even with the original pads, the breaks would sequel at times. I have read GM has installed crappy rotors before but I don't want to upgrade to a new brake system yet unless I have to.

Since I will have the tires/wheel off, I will check all of the nuts I can reach to verify everything is tight. Changed the tires and wheel and did an alignment, but the shimmy persists. It isn't RPM related so I am hoping I find the suspension issue, several things to check.

I was wondering if a hub was going but after the ride Sunday I am beginning to think the hubs are ok.

[4dschvy]

I usually go to Mike McArthur at Merchants Tire, 13776 Warwick Blvd. He does very good work. Will at Casey Chevrolet is also very good.

Mike tells me that alignment can cause pulling to the left or right but not a shimmy. You could have a tire out of round.

You can't really blame the General for crappy rotors. Ever since the Feds banned asbestos in brake pads the mfrs have had to use relatively soft iron rotors to prevent excessive squealing. Everybody's rotors have been delicate ever since.

--Ford