If your car has ABS you need the rotors with the teeth on them. Without the teeth your brakes will still work but the ABS function will not, and the ABS light in the dash will come on.
Read the full replyIn replacing the rear disk rotors on this 98 VR6, I notice that the originals have a "gear like" arrangement on the back which I suspect interacts with a magnetic sensor on the mounting bracket. The replacement rotor is smooth rather than having these teeth. Is it OK to use this replacement or will I have problems with these rotors?
Any advice welcome. David Abineri
If it is like my '96, the "gear like" thing is a steel basket with [I think I counted] 43 little bars. This will pry off of the old rotor without a lot of force. The Bentley book recommended using a drift to tap it out. I did well by prying a little at a time.
Clean and reuse.
Of course your wheels may be different from mine.
Thanks Tom, that's exactly what I did. Prying it loose and installing on the new one works great! I appreciate your saving me all sorts of time finding out about this.
David Abineri
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