A new data point regarding "warped rotors"
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A new data point regarding "warped rotors"
Last weekend I discovered that my pads had prematurely worn out, no budget for "brick & mortar" parts. Turns out I had some used pads from my last brake job laying around that have enough material left for a week or 2 driving.
All of a sudden my "warped rotors" are fine. I guess that my last set of cheap ceramic pads were the cause of the shuddering, not the rotors. They did shudder from the first, come to think there was shuddering going on when I replaced the pads that now don't.
Do not try this at home kids, re-using pads is bad practice.
All of a sudden my "warped rotors" are fine. I guess that my last set of cheap ceramic pads were the cause of the shuddering, not the rotors. They did shudder from the first, come to think there was shuddering going on when I replaced the pads that now don't.
Do not try this at home kids, re-using pads is bad practice.
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No..standard stock stufff....I have ceramics on both my cars and no problems..the LS stops really really good with them..slightly touchy even. The SS is about the same as stock except no dust.
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Well, I just put brand new cheap ceramic pads on. The "warped rotor" symptoms are still not there. I guess it was just the old pads sucked, maybe that's whey they wore out 10,000 miles earlier than I expected.
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No, I think it was just the particular pads. The difference was immediately apparent. NoName cheap ones that came with a set of new rotors that got used on the last HHR.
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