Lexus: Front rotors

What's wrong with the glaze? Measure the thickness of each rotor to see if
it's still thick enough otherwise replace them too.. Thin rotors get hotter
and warp more easily.

"fish" <com> wrote in message
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"fish" <com> wrote in message
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This is Turtle.

First when you use the word ceramic in the name of a break pad , it is hard if
it has ceramic material in it.

Second NAPA has a medium grade brake pad that does fine on my Lexus 400 and I
get about 60K out of them and have to change rotors every 180K. Don't use the
cheap or the super long life pads but the middle of the bunch to get pads for
it. The cheap don't last long at all and the high price pads eat the rotors up.
Don't try to be the new kid on the block to try out something new.

Third have the NAPA to just turn them and if they are not warping change them.
if they are just glazed. Leave them alone and put them back on there.

Forthly I use Medium grade pads and don't try out new improve forms of the
invention of the Wheel.

TURTLE

turtle,

thanks for the message, i think you are saying to buy the middle of
the road pads, which i did. i didnt get the hardest, because they
tend to warp rotors, and i didnt get the cheapest.

could you clarify what you said about turning the rotors? you say if
the rotors are just glazed, then get them turned and put them back on?
but if they are warped then put new rotors on?

tia,

fish.



On Wed, 3 Nov 2004 01:59:28 -0600, "TURTLE" <net>
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"fish" <com> wrote in message
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This is Turtle.

When a fellow puts the rotors on the machine to turn then. He will set the
cutting tool to just take 1/1000 of a inch off the face of the rotor. If the
tool does not make a smooth face all the way across the rotor face. it will show
it is warped or he will have to take too much metal off the face for the rotor
to not be good because of too much metal gone to be strong enough to be used.
This should tell you if you should buy new rotors. Also he can mick the
thickiness of the rotor and see if too much metal is gone to be strong.

Now if the rotors just has a glazed look to them and no grooves on them. I would
just put them back on.

The NAPA store can just check the rotors out for you by just looking at them for
you.

E-mail me here and discuss it if you like.

TURTLE

basicly all rotors have a weinium thickness, if after turning them domn
properly weather its removing gouges or getting a warp out thier below the
minium thickness you will need new rotors.

Mike

this is fish,

thanks for the messages, looks like i will get the rotors off tonight
for an early morning trip to napa for a good turning. lets see what i
find out.

i have slight ridges on the face, so i would like to try to get them
turned while i am in there. i have noticed some strange 'surging'
sounds wehn braking, so i wouldnt be surprised if they are warped
already. and i notice that sound mostly in the passenger front area.
if i am lucky maybe it is the rotor and not the hub that is twisted.




On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 11:36:35 -0600, "TURTLE" <net>
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turtle,

i am having trouble getting the rotor off. after removing the brake
calipers, i put two bolts into the threads on the rotor and with a
socket wrench i began pushing it off, and the threads popped out of
one of them. what can be the trick to get these rotors off?

help.

thanks.

fish.



On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 11:36:35 -0600, "TURTLE" <net>
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"fish" <com> wrote in message
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This is Turtle

There is some time a flate nut that looks like a washer holding the rotor on.
Remove these. Then when screwing in onr the release bolts tap the rotor with a
hammer on the full face of the rotor or on the out side edge, but never hit the
face of where the break pad hits the rotor.

TURTLE