Re: Back to the brake bomb story...

[Gerard <gerard@poboxes.com>]

> A rotor worn 4mm below minium _must_ be renewed _immediately_. It can
> break anytime!

At $300 for the job and a mere $12 to my name I don't think I can
afford it. :) It is sad I know, but that's how it is right now.

> Putting old brake pads onto newly turned rotors has no sense. They will
> scratch the rotors before they settle, not to mention decreased brakes
> efficiency. I think you should look for a source of aftermarket rotors.
> I paid around $130 for new German aftermarket front rotors - rears
> should be twice cheaper, because they're not ventilated. If this doesn't
> work, some machine shops (at least in my country)  can make the rotors
> using old ones as a guide. Always renew the brake pads when installing
> new/resurfaced rotors.

Odd, the rear non-ventilated rotors were strangely more expensive in
this country. I will be quitting my job soon (hopefully) and I hope
I can move on to something that pays more than the measly $1000 a month
(I actually take home about $750 after tax, and then still need to
pay for the car!) and then I will need to do the braking system (a
complete upgrade to AP Lockheed 4-pot calipers and slightly larger
rotors is what I have in mind).

As for the brake pads, I couldn't afford new ones when the rotors
were done. I put it all on the plastic and I need to pay that off
at the end of this month.

> Four typical symptoms of a dead bomb:
> * You get a "brake" warning signal when you press the brake pedal hard
> * You feel vibration through the pedal when you press it hard with the
> engine _idling_ and the vehicle _not_moving_
> * Right after switching the engine off, you can feel that there's no
> power assist to the brakes (pedal gets hard)
> * If you leave the ignition on, you get the "brake" warning light after
> approx. 1 minute.

Yup. That's the story alright. I guess  it really  is dead.

Thanks. :)

G.
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