"SnoMan" wrote: > [quote:29d3245b10="Derrick Hudson"] > > Not replacing the rotors will will your new pads quickly. > > You're right that a nice new (flat) pad will not line up > nicely with > an old worn (grooved) rotor. > > -D > [/quote:29d3245b10] > > This is overrated. I have some rotors that are 16 to 26 years > old that are still fine. THe trick is not to usse the very > hard pads that some push because something has to "give" in > brakes for all the heat and fricton of stopping and hard pads > will eat the rotors. I use softer pads and change them a > little more often without needing to change rotors with about > every brakejob.
Wow, I?m feeling a little silly. Didn?t realize there were different compounds when talking stock type of parts (not racing here...). I bought the pads that the computer at the local parts store pulled up for my truck. Geez, feeling a little rookiesq here.
Thanks for all the great feedback you guys.
I think the rotor is roughed up in a bad way from that stuck spring bolt. The outter pad and the upper portion of the inner pad looked worn but normal. The lower part of the inside pad looked practically like bare metal! Yikes!
Glad I found it. Funny I went in to operate because of a ball lower ball joint, not brakes! Ha! :roll:
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