Rotors from ****

[Jersey Fred]

Has anyone found rotors that don't warp every few months??? I just picked up my second '94 ATX and the brake pedal is pulsating on the "new" one just like the last one.....

 

[fredhurderjr]

Check out the brake choices from SPMotorsports. I've got 96 crossdrilled & plated, and I USE them. No warping at all since mid-summer, though they do run very dirty. Joe can walk you through nicely.

Advice - don't get the brakes really hot then hit a puddle. Bad.

[This message has been edited by fredhurderjr (edited 12-14-2001).]

 

[Jersey Fred]

Thanks Fred. I'll check them out.

Unfortunately they are not destined to be treated nicely! (I use the SHO in bad weather/snow to keep my other car in the garage) I'll try to report back on how they hold up in stop-n-go Philadelphia traffic in the rain.

 

[sdpatt]

How the rotors are used (heating and cooling cycles) has a great deal to do with the tendency to warp. You can use higher quality rotors or break in the rotors properly by heat cycling them. Another way to prolong the time before warpage is to properly torque the wheel lugs on our floating rotors. I believe the torque spec is 80-100 lb-ft. You should keep it in this range and never leave an air-gun installed lug in place without properly retorqueing it. I have worked on SHOs where the lugs are so tight that I have sheared 1/2" drives trying to get them off. I can apply a great deal of torque to an 18" wrench and some of these lugs have cost me tools. I have broken two 1/2" drives in the last few months on lug nuts. Ninety lb-ft of torque can be applied with one hand on the wrench. It shouldn't take an Arnold to get them off.


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Scott

1991, 253K miles, glass hood, police grill, SVO shifter, Catz fogs,
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Eibach/Tokico/polyurethane, SHO Shop front & rear strut braces,
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