Brake Pulsing?
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Melting Slicks
Joined: Jan 2002
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From: RI
St. Jude Donor '14-'15, '17, '19
Brake Pulsing?
I have a 2000 with 26,000 very easy miles on it. Last year I put on the chrome wheel drum covers and a new wheel and tire package from Tire Rack. The tires and wheels are perfect and role true to 150MPH the top speed I tested the package on. I put the wheels and tires on and torqued them (with a quality wrench) properly at 100ft lbs. The only thing I did not do myself is loosen the rear rotor to slip the covers under. I told the mechanic (a Corvette guy) to torque the rotor bolt to 175 ft. lbs. which it calls for. After about a 1000 miles I am getting a slight pulsing when I brake. I am extremely easy on brakes so I know a @25K they rotors and pads should be fine. I did the same thing on my C6 about two years ago and it has been fine for 4k miles. The only difference is the rear rotor on the C6 did not have to be loosened. Any other reasons for this pulsing? Thanks Mike 
Drifting
Joined: Mar 2010
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From: Seattle WA
Brake pad material could be depositing itself on the rotors. Take a Brillo pad and clean a part of the rotor - if it cleans up shinier, you have pad material on the rotor. Clean the rotors thoroughly with the Brillo pad and then re-do the bed-in procedure (which I'm sure you did in the first place, right?) and hope it doesn't return.
Burning Brakes
Joined: Oct 2003
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From: Foresters Falls(near Ottawa) Ont
You could try some real hard braking on a lonely road. When you come to a complete stop, don't leave the brakes applied while the rotors are still hot. Just like seating in new pads. That'll often get rid of any deposits.
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