Brake rotor and wheel damage
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Burning Brakes
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Brake rotor and wheel damage
Hey Guys
When cleaning my rims tonight I noticed one of them has a very small chip/cut on one of the spokes, when I looked a little closer I saw the very outer edge of the brake rotor had a small chip in it too, about an eight of an inch in length in almost a V shape, the depth of the chip in it's deepest point and is about a sixteenth of an inch max. I guess a stone or piece of metal from the road must have gotten hit by the spoke sending it into the very outer edge of the rotor. Sorry digital camera is being borrowed by family so no pics.
Anything to worry about, car only has 60 miles on it
Thanks!
When cleaning my rims tonight I noticed one of them has a very small chip/cut on one of the spokes, when I looked a little closer I saw the very outer edge of the brake rotor had a small chip in it too, about an eight of an inch in length in almost a V shape, the depth of the chip in it's deepest point and is about a sixteenth of an inch max. I guess a stone or piece of metal from the road must have gotten hit by the spoke sending it into the very outer edge of the rotor. Sorry digital camera is being borrowed by family so no pics.
Anything to worry about, car only has 60 miles on it
Thanks!
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Burning Brakes
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From: N CA
Originally Posted by HalM
Need to see it.
Anything that creates a stress riser in a brake rotor will be bad to have under demanding circumstances like Open Track service.
Anything that creates a stress riser in a brake rotor will be bad to have under demanding circumstances like Open Track service.
Of all the cars I've owned I've never had road debris damage a rotor before.
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Burning Brakes
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Originally Posted by urbanski
how can you tell for sure it was road debris?
claim it's a defect and get a new rotor under warranty.
for all you know, it is defective
claim it's a defect and get a new rotor under warranty.
for all you know, it is defective
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You must be in California...We have the worse roads here.
Originally Posted by 500
Hey Guys
When cleaning my rims tonight I noticed one of them has a very small chip/cut on one of the spokes, when I looked a little closer I saw the very outer edge of the brake rotor had a small chip in it too, about an eight of an inch in length in almost a V shape, the depth of the chip in it's deepest point and is about a sixteenth of an inch max. I guess a stone or piece of metal from the road must have gotten hit by the spoke sending it into the very outer edge of the rotor. Sorry digital camera is being borrowed by family so no pics.
Anything to worry about, car only has 60 miles on it
Thanks!
When cleaning my rims tonight I noticed one of them has a very small chip/cut on one of the spokes, when I looked a little closer I saw the very outer edge of the brake rotor had a small chip in it too, about an eight of an inch in length in almost a V shape, the depth of the chip in it's deepest point and is about a sixteenth of an inch max. I guess a stone or piece of metal from the road must have gotten hit by the spoke sending it into the very outer edge of the rotor. Sorry digital camera is being borrowed by family so no pics.
Anything to worry about, car only has 60 miles on it
Thanks!
The CHP have become garbage men having to remove debris from the road daily anything from a refrigerator to a couch or wood to gravel from a truck or someone losing their load. 
Add to the fact that our roads are all torn up so once you dodge all of the debris on the freeways you have to put up with potholes and tearing up your alignment. 
Last edited by LS WON; Jun 29, 2005 at 11:23 PM.
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Burning Brakes
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Went to dealer and they were baffled by the damage, they took off the rotor and the area which had damage was pushed in as well. They are contacting GM to get an approval to replace it.
