washboard rotors?
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washboard rotors?
doing a bunch of work to the Vette and one of them is brakes the rotors on my car now are washboarding you can see and feel groves in them. There is plent of pad left(Hawk pad) and they don't screech but i would like to identify the problem before i put on the slightly more expensive powerslots. Any ideas
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Re: washboard rotors? (blackbelt)
It depends how deep. Is there any cracking? Look closely. Grooved is overheating and the pad is then gouging the material out.
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Re: washboard rotors? (John Shiels)
pretty deep the top off rotor where pad doesn't touch is like a ridge. how can be normal wear i thought rotors were supposed to stay some what smooth
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Re: washboard rotors? (blackbelt)
pretty deep the top off rotor where pad doesn't touch is like a ridge. how can be normal wear i thought rotors were supposed to stay some what smooth
Here is a set of rotors that had been through a season and half of roadcourse track days and nights and are still quite smooth. Click on the image to enlarge:
Also IMO unless you are doing it for cosmetics I never have seen powerslot rotors do much for braking but they do go through pads faster.
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Re: washboard rotors? (Richin Chicago)
Richin Chicago,
Which pads were you using with the rotor shown in the picture? Looking at the picture, I'd agree that you seem to have less wear (gouging) than my rotors have with the Hawk pads, but you do have some nice cracks in them !!
:D
I also agree with you about the Powerslot rotors not making much difference, except for DEFINATELY eating pads faster.
Have fun out there,
Steve
Which pads were you using with the rotor shown in the picture? Looking at the picture, I'd agree that you seem to have less wear (gouging) than my rotors have with the Hawk pads, but you do have some nice cracks in them !!
:D
I also agree with you about the Powerslot rotors not making much difference, except for DEFINATELY eating pads faster.
Have fun out there,
Steve
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Re: washboard rotors? (BlackZ06)
Richin Chicago,
Which pads were you using with the rotor shown in the picture? Looking at the picture, I'd agree that you seem to have less wear (gouging) than my rotors have with the Hawk pads, but you do have some nice cracks in them !!
:D
I also agree with you about the Powerslot rotors not making much difference, except for DEFINATELY eating pads faster.
Have fun out there,
Steve
Which pads were you using with the rotor shown in the picture? Looking at the picture, I'd agree that you seem to have less wear (gouging) than my rotors have with the Hawk pads, but you do have some nice cracks in them !!
:D
I also agree with you about the Powerslot rotors not making much difference, except for DEFINATELY eating pads faster.
Have fun out there,
Steve
Those rotors had been through countless track days. My rule of thumb is if the cracks don't go all the way to the edge don't change them. The only reason I changed them when I did was because I got those $19.00 Raybestos rotors from http://www.rockauto.com which have been even better than the stock ones. I use EBC Red pads and I run them both on the street and track. I also have DRM cooling ducts which keep the pads and rotors a lot cooler on the track.