Mitsubishi: 99 Galant Front rotors warping

Try having a new set cryogenic treated.
I paid $50 for the treatment of 4 rotors at www.paulo.com
There is more info at www.cryoeng.com

I had my '03 Durango rotors done as well as my '88 Starion and have not had
any warpage problems since. BTW, I bought the cheapest rotors I could find
for my test and couldn't be happier with the results. I've got over 10k
miles on the Durango with these rotors and probably about 8K on the Starion.
The Durango rotors were made in China and the Starion's were made in USA

Cryogenic treating relieves internal stresses in the material.

Rich

"Doug" <net> wrote in message
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Thanks Rich. I'll take a look.


"Richie Rich" <net> wrote in message
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Cryo treating will not do shit. These rotors warp because the brake is a
really poorly designed single pot caliper that puts uneven pressure on the
pad. The brake flat out sucks. I do not know if the same is true for the
Galant but with Eclipse/Talon cars, the 2 piston brake, with it's larger
rotor is a direct bolt on and a very common mod. It's the only real fix for
this problem. I replaced the brakes on my 91 Talon AWD back in '93. the
bigger brake is O.E on the 3000 sl and '92 and newer AWD DSM cars. You'll
also need the bracket that hangs the caliper.
"Richie Rich" <net> wrote in message
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had 
find 
Starion. 

Number 1 cause for rotor warpage = improperly torqued lug nuts. If
there is more than 10 pounds variance between nuts, or if nuts are
tightened 10+ pounds over specs, you are inviting warpage to occur.
Almost all tire & brake shops use air wrenches that are rarely
calibrated to properly torque your lug buts. I would almost bet money
that at least one or more of your lug nuts on the problem wheel is WAY
too tight. Buy a torque wrench, and whenever you have tire or brake
work done, jack the car up, loosen & re-torque each nut to the specs in
your service manual (buy a Haynes manual if you don't already have one).
You'll be surprised at how long those rotors will go.

Number 2 cause for rotor warpage = sitting on the brake pedal after long
or hard stops. It is a good habit (but difficult to acquire) to let
your car creep forward slowly after a brake-heating stop to keep the hot
pads from concentrating heat on one area of the rotor.

Geary Morton <net>

In article <ClDCd.9928$news.prodigy.com>,
"Doug" <net> wrote:
 

To each his own.

I'm just stating what worked for me.
Poor design or not, the Durango's are famous for warping rotors and this
seemed to have solved that problem for me.
I got this idea from a track guy on www.team3s.com .

BTW, I don't use a torque wrench on my wheels.

Rich
"simpleton" <com> wrote in message
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So if there's already apparent warpage, and if I re-torque the lugs now,
will it make a difference? Or, is it too late? Or, will it prevent it from
getting worse?

"Geary Morton" <net> wrote in message
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