RE: V8 rotors part II

[Bill Samaras DTN 223-7322 27-Sep-1994 1654 <samaras@wrksys.enet.dec.com>]

This may not apply, but I've had the barke-shakes at various times too.
Replacing the rotors usually works, but I remember when I replaced the struts,
all the brake shudder went away!  I know I have different rotors that the V8,
but in my experience, bad struts seem to amplify the problem.  If your struts
have over 70K miles on them, I'd be skeptical.

Just a thot,
...bill


>Hi-
>
>I may have been getting a little ahead of myself when I asked about
>resurfacing V8 internal-caliper rotors.  Since then, I went home at lunch
>with a dial indicator (courtesy of the really great guys in our machine shop--
>lending out their own personal tools to an academic type like me) and checked 
>the runout.  I found it to be 0.003" on both sides, which sounds negligible to 
>me.  Either they warp when they heat up (although the problem doesn't seem 
>to be rotor temperature dependent), or maybe it's the back rotors--something 
>I never even considered.  Maybe I just imagine feeling it through the steering 
>wheel.  I'll keep ya posted.
>
>Dick Meyer
>ARL Penn State
>rsm@arlvax.psu.edu