WRX brakes

[kleviy]

I have an 02 WRX sedan,

it is under 15K and i had to re-cut the rotors twice already?
wondering if any one had similar problems.

thanks

 

[Edward Hayes]

You may wish to look at www.scoobymod.com and check for proper way to bed-in
new pads and rotors. Ed

 

[DJA]

Once the rotors warp, cutting will only delay the inevitable...they'll warp
again. Probably sooner next time. Cutting causes the rotors to have thinner
areas which heat and cool at different rates. That just about guarantees
warping.

Put the money toward a set of Brembo rotors. Even the OEM equivalent rotors
are excellent. After having my rotors turned twice, I bought a set of
Brembo's from Tire Rack and no problems after 10k. The dealer charged me $60
to turn the rotors and I think I paid about $80 for new Brembo's (Impreza
LX). That $60 was wasted.

Dave

 

[Ken Gilbert]

I have an 02 WRX sedan,

it is under 15K and i had to re-cut the rotors twice already?
wondering if any one had similar problems.

thanks

[rant]

TORQUE YOUR OWN WHEEL LUGNUTS!!!!!

sorry for the caps, but this is by far the most common cause of fucked
up rotors... and it's COMPLETELY avoidable.

lugnuts on an impreza for example should be 65 ft-lbs. that's not as
much as you'd think! get a clicker type torque wrench and go out and
reset them all, right now. it takes less than 5 minutes to do all 20.
don't trust the monkeys with 400+ ft-lb IR impact wrenches to give a
shit about your car.

[/rant]

jm2c
ken

 

[WRXtreme]

amen

"kleviy" <(e-mail address removed)> wrote in message

I have an 02 WRX sedan,

it is under 15K and i had to re-cut the rotors twice already?
wondering if any one had similar problems.

thanks

[rant]

TORQUE YOUR OWN WHEEL LUGNUTS!!!!!

sorry for the caps, but this is by far the most common cause of fucked
up rotors... and it's COMPLETELY avoidable.

lugnuts on an impreza for example should be 65 ft-lbs. that's not as
much as you'd think! get a clicker type torque wrench and go out and
reset them all, right now. it takes less than 5 minutes to do all 20.
don't trust the monkeys with 400+ ft-lb IR impact wrenches to give a
shit about your car.

[/rant]

jm2c
ken

 

[SuperPoo]

Go to Stoptech.com

Great site-- I learnd a bunch about brakes.

Steve

 

[Jerry and Bea]

Here's an interesting article on "warped" rotors, the author, with over 40
years of experience working on pro race cars, has never seen a warped brake
disk.
http://www.stoptech.com/whitepapers/warped_rotors_myth.htm

 

[Bill Putney]

Here's an interesting article on "warped" rotors, the author, with over 40
years of experience working on pro race cars, has never seen a warped brake
disk.
http://www.stoptech.com/whitepapers/warped_rotors_myth.htm

I've seen discussions on that article here and on another car forum.
Never seen a warped disc? Sorry - I don't believe it. With a dial
indicator, I measured 0.008" runout on aftermarket discs on a car of
mine that developed shaking upon brake application. Since they were
guaranteed, I took them back to Advance and they swapped them for
another pair - shaking went away.

Bill Putney
(to reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my
address with "x")

 

[Edward Hayes]

Sorry but the .008 inch runout could have been caused by improper bedding-in
the pads and rotors as the article suggests. I do however believe an over
torqued wheel nuts will cause rotors to warp. Eddie

 

[Bill Putney]

Sorry but the .008 inch runout could have been caused by improper bedding-in
the pads and rotors as the article suggests. I do however believe an over
torqued wheel nuts will cause rotors to warp. Eddie

Improperly torqued lug nuts? Not a chance on my cars. I will however
consider the possibility of improper bedding in, as I only became aware
of the necessity of doing that in the last couple of years. Perhaps
that is the explanation. Thanks!

Bill Putney
(to reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my
address with "x")

 

[blazing lazers]

I"ve got 40,000 miles on mine and just now looking to replace them.

amen

"kleviy" <(e-mail address removed)> wrote in message

I have an 02 WRX sedan,

it is under 15K and i had to re-cut the rotors twice already?
wondering if any one had similar problems.

thanks

[rant]

TORQUE YOUR OWN WHEEL LUGNUTS!!!!!

sorry for the caps, but this is by far the most common cause of fucked
up rotors... and it's COMPLETELY avoidable.

lugnuts on an impreza for example should be 65 ft-lbs. that's not as
much as you'd think! get a clicker type torque wrench and go out and
reset them all, right now. it takes less than 5 minutes to do all 20.
don't trust the monkeys with 400+ ft-lb IR impact wrenches to give a
shit about your car.

[/rant]

jm2c
ken

 

[Sam Hain]

I"ve got 40,000 miles on mine and just now looking to replace them.

i have 14k miles on my 2004 wrx and they will need to be replaced. any
chance of it happening under warranty? 14k miles seems pathetically
poor for routine driving back and forth to work every day.
I mean, c'mon, the rotors on my 2001 Audi A4 lasted 50k miles before
they had to be replaced, and they did them for free under the 4 years
50k mile free service.

 

[Sam Hain]

i have 14k miles on my 2004 wrx and they will need to be replaced. any
chance of it happening under warranty? 14k miles seems pathetically
poor for routine driving back and forth to work every day.
I mean, c'mon, the rotors on my 2001 Audi A4 lasted 50k miles before
they had to be replaced, and they did them for free under the 4 years
50k mile free service.

fyi .. my dealer ground my rotors under warranty today, no questions asked.