Mistreating your car

[Dave Glubrecht]

Yep, I've seen it on the back of an alfa, both rear rotors had been worn so
thin they seporated from the hub (therefore stopped turning with the wheel).
The owner came in complaining of poor brakes, no mention of noise.  Also
seen a few that had worn to the point the caliper piston came out of its
bore.
  Dave G



> The absolute worst I have seen was on a Caddy STS Norstar.  The rotor
surface
> was so thin it separated from the hub section.  It looked like Zena's
Frisbee
> thing.  The thickness of this was amazingly thin.  Not sure if these were
> supposed to be a solid rotor or a vented but there was no way to tell.
Back
> in highschool I did see a Ford Escort that came into our autshop that had
> worn one side compleately away and the other was very thin but you could
> still see what used to be the vents.  Afraid this isn't all that uncommon
>
> Hank 90q20v
>