1982 scored rotor
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This will help you, I can't believe I wrote it 14 year ago already. For normal street driving all you need are good organic pads and NAPA premium rotors. I dial them in and bolt them on. If you are going road racing then you need a pad for heat, which doesn't work too well in most street applications.
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Post some pictures with closeups of the scoring of the rotors in question...you may not need new rotors...
just new pads...
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This will help you, I can't believe I wrote it 14 year ago already. For normal street driving all you need are good organic pads and NAPA premium rotors.
just new pads...
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This will help you, I can't believe I wrote it 14 year ago already. For normal street driving all you need are good organic pads and NAPA premium rotors.
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There are currently semi-metallic pads on with a decent amount of pad left. It is scoring right where the rivet is.
I was thing to put new pads on without rivets. The bonded type. Maybe ceramic or organic???
I was thing to put new pads on without rivets. The bonded type. Maybe ceramic or organic???
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If there is pad left that rivet didn’t make that. Maybe previous pads wore or a chunk of debris was caught..
honestly, i would not be replacing if it were mine..it there a breaking issue in performance? And if there is it is not because of that groove.
honestly, i would not be replacing if it were mine..it there a breaking issue in performance? And if there is it is not because of that groove.
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NOW...let the members advise you about bonded/etc. pads
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When you get time...or when you remove the wheels to replace the pads...post a pic of the rotor with the worst groove AND the mating pad also just for verification of pad thickness/type of pad/rivet depth in the pad/etc. for future reference for other members.
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It was maligning an awful squealing noise. When I had the wheel off to replace the tires I took the pad off and used a grinding wheel (by hand only, not powered) and sanded the pad smooth. I also cleaned the rotor and the pad with brake cleaner. It is a little quieter now but pulls left a little now. The car has 51,000 miles on it. Overal braking is pretty good.
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I sanded it smooths because I thought maybe there was a piece of metal in the pad that caused it. I did not find any debris.
Pads were replace by previous owner at 40,000 miles per receipts.
I was thinking I could replace all pads using semi-metallic or organic by ACDelco - what is the best option?
Pads were replace by previous owner at 40,000 miles per receipts.
I was thinking I could replace all pads using semi-metallic or organic by ACDelco - what is the best option?
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It was maligning an awful squealing noise. When I had the wheel off to replace the tires I took the pad off and used a grinding wheel (by hand only, not powered) and sanded the pad smooth. I also cleaned the rotor and the pad with brake cleaner. It is a little quieter now but pulls left a little now. The car has 51,000 miles on it. Overal braking is pretty good.
1. cleaning the grime off things!
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Bottom line. No, I wouldn't be replacing that rotor. a good organic pad for the street should work fine.