RE: Have I warped a rotor?

["Stefan Bendevis" <Audiman1@msn.com>]

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From: 	owner-quattro@coimbra.ans.net on behalf of Michael Shields
Sent: 	Sunday, February 16, 1997 11:49 PM
To: 	quattro@coimbra.ans.net
Subject: 	Have I warped a rotor?

>What are the symptoms of a warped brake rotor?  Would they be pedal
>pulsations under moderate pressure?

>I am running OEM rotors with Metalmaster pads installed 1996-08-10 @
>108542 (currently at 117k and change).  It seems to me that rotors >should
>last longer than 8500 miles.

>What causes rotors to warp?  Did I do something wrong in the brake
>job or am I just driving too hard?  If it's the latter, should I go to
>cross-drilled rotors and if so from who?  (It seems a bit silly to have
>drilled rotors in the front and drums in the back but if that's what
>it takes...)
 
>Shields.

When you finished your brake job and put the wheels back on the car, did you 
torque them?  If you didn't, this would cause the rotors to warp.  Every time 
I install the wheels on my car I make sure that they are torqued to 
95  ft. lbs all the way around.  
	Fellow Quattro fanatic,
		Audiman, Stefan Bendevis