Warped rotors issue - NEED HELP ASAP

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11-07-2013, 05:55 PM

#101

donbrew

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Originally Posted by mstinso

Ok, I seen a video of it, Just simply pumping up the brakes when done nice and hard. Never heard anyone using this term before. I take it people arn't doing this after changing their pads. This was just something I have always done.

No! you should DRIVE the car to seat the brakes, not pump them up, a crucial part is not letting the hot pads stop on the rotor (to avoid material transfer). Since you have sawn the video I will not elaborate.

Pumping up the brakes only acts on the hydraulics.

11-07-2013, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by whopper

No, that is not what people are referring to. They are referring to the process where they follow a procedure to heat the brakes up and let them cool - and it is done several times to break in the brakes.

Wow whopper, you are sharp tonight......others should take notice. You spelled the correct brake, break, for the correct meaning.....

11-07-2013, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Snoopy

Wow whopper, you are sharp tonight......others should take notice. You spelled the correct brake, break, for the correct meaning.....

LOL - yup, I no the English!!!

11-07-2013, 10:39 PM

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Ahh ok. Yea the videos I seen had it wrong. I can see people not doing that. Raybestos always seemed harder to seat in. Long day at work today. I been out of the industry for a while. So some of the dialect has been lost.

11-08-2013, 12:44 PM

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Whopper, just and only just to clarify is the procedure you mention also termed burnish the brakes?? just to break it down, lol

11-08-2013, 01:09 PM

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Whopper, just and only just to clarify is the procedure you mention also termed burnish the brakes?? just to break it down, lol

"burnish" - no it isn't a term I have heard related to breaking in the brakes.

But it might be a British term perhaps?

However "burn" is one I have heard of related to the brakes on my old Volvo after 3 laps of the local track years ago. I have never seen so much smoke coming out the front wheel wells before.

11-09-2013, 08:00 PM

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Originally Posted by hyperv6

What I have and I have seen others do is take the vehicle out on a back road and make a series of hard stops similar to bedding or seating them in.

This fixed my issues with the wheel shaking during medium braking. In the past I would have taken this to the shop and had the rotors turned down costing $100+. I had no idea it would be this easy to fix.. Thanks folks for the informative posts!