Front Brake Rotors
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Front Brake Rotors
First of all, my deepest simpathies to all of you who have, or know you will have to remove these - I feel your pain. I did it about 5 months ago and it took alot of heat, a really really BFH, and several choice words to get them broke free.
I removed mine with about 55,000 miles on the truck because they were warped and didn't seem to have much stopping power anymore. The inside of both rotors had about 1/4" on the top and bottom edge that did not contact the brake pad properly, there was a lot of rust build up there. I got the rotors turned, cleaned and lubricated the calipers and put on new brake pads. They seemed to work really well for a while, but now after about 11,000 miles they are doing exactly the same thing again.
Any ideas? Thanks a lot.
Kerry
I removed mine with about 55,000 miles on the truck because they were warped and didn't seem to have much stopping power anymore. The inside of both rotors had about 1/4" on the top and bottom edge that did not contact the brake pad properly, there was a lot of rust build up there. I got the rotors turned, cleaned and lubricated the calipers and put on new brake pads. They seemed to work really well for a while, but now after about 11,000 miles they are doing exactly the same thing again.
Any ideas? Thanks a lot.
Kerry
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Do you have any odd driving habits? Do you go long stretches down hill and lay on the brakes constantly? Severe overheating usually does the things in.
The trucks design is okay. I never needed rotors so far...
George
The trucks design is okay. I never needed rotors so far...
George
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I never liked the performance of the stock rotors and upgraded them to a much harder disc. I also never had a problem with rust until the last 5k out of the previous 80K. I had to beat the darn things off and was glad I caught it when I did. I ground off the rust (using a dremal tool) and applied anti-seize compound to the hubs.
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