problems with ATE Power Discs?

[Jim Haseltine]

Mine wore away very quickly - below the limit within 10k miles.

Jim Haseltine

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tessie McMillan" <tessmc at drizzle.com>
To: <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 6:39 PM
Subject: problems with ATE Power Discs?


> Some of you might recall I recently posted with tons of questions about
> odd wheel noises in my '88 80Q, and alignment issues. The end of the story
> is: I'm not so huge a fan of ATE Power Discs any more.
>
> I had the front end of my car basically rebuilt after a track accident, in
> sequence first from totally new wheel hub, wheel, suspension assembly, to
> most recently having new rotors put on. I reported to you folks that I was
> hearing squeaking wheels and I had wheel vibration even after a (somewhat
> drawn-out) alignment which included measuring the subframe and confirming
> it was true.
>
> It turns out my less-than-a-month old Power Discs were warped. When my
> mechanic had them machined to true them, the rotors both broke. He
> couldn't get a satisfactory answer from ATE as to why this happened, so
> instead of getting another set of Power Discs, he obtained a set of
> cross-drilled Brembo rotors. No more vibrations, no more squeaky wheels.
> The Brembos are quite beautiful.
>
> Have any of you encountered problems with ATE Power Discs?
>
> Tess
> in Bellevue, WA USA
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