quattro Digest, Vol 5, Issue 125 Re: problems with ATE Power Discs?

[Larry C Leung]

I warped a set of Brembo OEM type rotors on my 
200Q in heavy (I was late for an interview) city street
driving. Never had that issue with OEM Ate's, even on
the Solo GTi (soooo much lighter car!). Soured
my opinion on Brembo rotors. I guess the moral of the
story is sometimes, you get lemons. 

LL - NY


> Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 09:39:43 -0800 (PST)
> From: Tessie McMillan <tessmc at drizzle.com>
> Subject: problems with ATE Power Discs?
> To: quattro at audifans.com
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> 
> 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
> -- 
> Det beror inte pe vem du dr; det beror bara pe vad du gvr.
>