Re: Warped discs

[Avi <Avi@cosmoslink.net>]

Tim, Bob is right, you have to make sure that all the lugs are evenly torqued.

The other story I have for you is:
1. start with new rotors (Brembos), Std. rotors,
2. use only Repco (I don't remember the new name) organic or smi organic pads
3. burn the pads in, drag the brakes with the car in gear till they heat up
well, obnoxious smell,
4. let cool off
5. drive away in a normal manner (whatever that is)
6. the life of the pads is app. 10-15K miles
7. very little dust
8.stops well, sometime sticks a bit

Note:
1. no amount if indexing of the rotors will prevent warping
2. I DON'T know the performance of the pads in RACING applications, we have
on the list a bunch of racers that could inform you on what to use....I am
not one of them.

The above information is based on 90% city driving, fast, stop and go, it
is very common in Southern CA.

Avi

  




At 10:40 AM 12/4/97 -0500, you wrote:
>Tim,
>
>Warped disks are not necessarily caused by a faulty design.  When the
>"monkey lads" last had your wheels off and then put them back did they use
>an air impact wrench?  Over-torquing is the best way to distort rotors.  If
>you are lucky simply loosening the lug bolts and then retorquing them to
>the proper torque (~80 ft-lbs --- I'm sure someone will chip in with the
>exact setting) *might* just eliminate the problem.  I have had success with
>this very same situation.
>



At 10:40 AM 12/4/97 -0500, you wrote:
>Tim,
>
>Warped disks are not necessarily caused by a faulty design.  When the
>"monkey lads" last had your wheels off and then put them back did they use
>an air impact wrench?  Over-torquing is the best way to distort rotors.  If
>you are lucky simply loosening the lug bolts and then retorquing them to
>the proper torque (~80 ft-lbs --- I'm sure someone will chip in with the
>exact setting) *might* just eliminate the problem.  I have had success with
>this very same situation.
>