How about a rotor that doesn't warp?
09-20-2010, 03:48 PM
#18
Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Okanagan B.C.
Posts: 109
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
That is not happening with rotors, simply a myth, read thread again, I have faith you are capable of learning . Period.
09-20-2010, 03:59 PM
#19
Administrator / Scooter Bum
09-20-2010, 05:39 PM
#21
Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Okanagan B.C.
Posts: 109
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Accually symantic's in this case has for many years resulted in a lack of understanding on how to come up with a solution to pulsating brakes. The solution to fixing warped rotors (an issue that rarely occurs) is different than fixing a brake rotor with .0005 more brake material on one spot of the rotor than another.
In order to solve problems and and gain collective knowledge proper terms need to be used, or a continued misunderstand of a solution to this issue will result. This is not a tomato/tomahto issue.
In order to solve problems and and gain collective knowledge proper terms need to be used, or a continued misunderstand of a solution to this issue will result. This is not a tomato/tomahto issue.
09-20-2010, 05:51 PM
#22
Registered User
I'm all for getting past semantics but there is a point to be made here with all this back and forth. And the point is that in this thread there are two words with totally different meanings which are being used wrong.
Runout does not mean warped. Runout is when the rotors are manufactured in such away that the rotor doesn't spin flat but wobbly. Rotor runout will cause pulsing from the get go. You can grind them flat but if they have runout, they're never going to be right. Steel wheels can have a runout problem too.
Warped is when the rotor itself is worn over time in such a fashion that the rotor can be thinner is one spot and thicker in another, causing the pads to pulsate against the caliper and transmitting that feeling back through the brake pedal. Obviously there's a difference.....and the other point here is to learn as much as share knowledge, and being rude is unnecessary too.
Runout does not mean warped. Runout is when the rotors are manufactured in such away that the rotor doesn't spin flat but wobbly. Rotor runout will cause pulsing from the get go. You can grind them flat but if they have runout, they're never going to be right. Steel wheels can have a runout problem too.
Warped is when the rotor itself is worn over time in such a fashion that the rotor can be thinner is one spot and thicker in another, causing the pads to pulsate against the caliper and transmitting that feeling back through the brake pedal. Obviously there's a difference.....and the other point here is to learn as much as share knowledge, and being rude is unnecessary too.
09-21-2010, 02:19 PM
#23
Banned
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Staten Island, NY
Posts: 376
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
09-21-2010, 10:53 PM
#26
Registered User
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Alaska
Posts: 6
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I actually redid the rear brakes at the same time as the front last year. I find that I get a lot better performance by adjusting them when I change to winter tires and back - the self adjusters don't seem to keep up. I just read up on the wheel cylinder mod and it sounds like a cheap way to improve things as well.
10-03-2010, 08:36 AM
#28
Brembo's
I just got back from the Bondurant racing school in AZ.
http://www.bondurant.com/
They use the Brembo rotors on their Corvettes and they really use up the brakes there, use very hard pads.
Floyd
http://www.bondurant.com/
They use the Brembo rotors on their Corvettes and they really use up the brakes there, use very hard pads.
Floyd
10-03-2010, 05:05 PM
#30
Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 443
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
advanced rotor technology(ART), do a search, they are stock sized rotors that are slotted, and cryo treated, i picked up a set of them, and carbon metallic pads from diesel manor, so far the best rotor i have had on my truck, i have had them on for say 5k miles, and i can still see the machining cross hatch marks, a stock rotor would have already worn past those marks by now, im pretty impressed so far, we will see how long they last.
Wes
Wes