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best brake job yet #1623498 08/03/06 10:21 PM
Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 225 amarillo, tx C cuda06 OP CEG\'er
OP cuda06 CEG\'er C Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 225 amarillo, tx	So, I have a bit of a story to tell that I had a hard time believing myself. My little brother called me today asking a few questions about doing a brake job for a friend of his. He is fairly competant with cars and is a civil engineering intern for a project on the O'Hare airport, so I figured he could handle it. We went over what he needed and then he starts asking me about the surface of rotors. He starts describing what seems like slotted rotors to me, but this is on a 97 escort, and he says it is only one side of one rotor. Anyways it ends up that the drivers side rotor is simply a vented rotor minus the outer edge of the rotor. I couldnt believe it till he sent me a pic. Supposedly one of her other friends had done a complete brake job for her last year... It is sort of scary to know these things sometimes. 99 csvt 68 cuda fastback 340 00 gp gtp (wife) 01 gs500

Re: best brake job yet #1623499 08/04/06 12:55 PM
Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 3,867 Wichita, KS R RogerB_dup1 Hard-core CEG'er
RogerB_dup1 Hard-core CEG'er R Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 3,867 Wichita, KS	Originally posted by cuda06: So, I have a bit of a story to tell that I had a hard time believing myself. My little brother called me today asking a few questions about doing a brake job for a friend of his. He is fairly competant with cars and is a civil engineering intern for a project on the O'Hare airport, so I figured he could handle it. We went over what he needed and then he starts asking me about the surface of rotors. He starts describing what seems like slotted rotors to me, but this is on a 97 escort, and he says it is only one side of one rotor. Anyways it ends up that the drivers side rotor is simply a vented rotor minus the outer edge of the rotor. I couldnt believe it till he sent me a pic. Supposedly one of her other friends had done a complete brake job for her last year... It is sort of scary to know these things sometimes. So, what happened? Slide pin frozen? Function before fashion. '96 Contour SE "Toss the Contour into a corner, and it's as easy to catch as a softball thrown by a preschooler." -Edmunds, 1998

Re: best brake job yet #1623500 08/04/06 11:45 PM
Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 225 amarillo, tx C cuda06 OP CEG\'er
OP cuda06 CEG\'er C Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 225 amarillo, tx	??? 99 csvt 68 cuda fastback 340 00 gp gtp (wife) 01 gs500

Re: best brake job yet #1623501 08/04/06 11:55 PM
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 4,220 North Richland Hills, Texas S sigma Hard-core CEG\'er
sigma Hard-core CEG\'er S Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 4,220 North Richland Hills, Texas	She probably had never changed brake since the car was new in '97. I've seen it before where a brake is just completely gone and the person is complaining of 'shuddering brakes' -- yeah, that'll happen when there's no rotor surface left whatsoever. 2003 Mazda6s 3.0L MTX Webpage 2004 Mazda3s 2.3L ATX

Re: best brake job yet #1623502 08/04/06 11:59 PM
Joined: May 2006 Posts: 74 Glen Ellyn, IL S SVTJON87 CEG\'er
SVTJON87 CEG\'er S Joined: May 2006 Posts: 74 Glen Ellyn, IL	haha i saw a rotor that had happned to at autozone. they told me about it and i just went "wtf". 99 CSVT T-Red. Mods- Intake and a Centerforce dual friction clutch. http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2420839

Re: best brake job yet #1623503 08/04/06 11:59 PM
Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 225 amarillo, tx C cuda06 OP CEG\'er
OP cuda06 CEG\'er C Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 225 amarillo, tx	It wasnt just lack of surface, it was the whole outer half of the disk that was gone...comepletly. Also, supposedly she had a friend "take care of her brakes" a year ago. What a friend. 99 csvt 68 cuda fastback 340 00 gp gtp (wife) 01 gs500

Re: best brake job yet #1623504 08/05/06 05:38 PM
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 2,097 CO S stilov Hard-core CEG\'er
stilov Hard-core CEG\'er S Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 2,097 CO	I've changed one like that before (when I worked as a mechanic) We actually hung it up in the shop....what not to do seriously what is the person thinking driving that..." Ya I noticed a little scraping sound, but didn't know what it was" morons!!! 98 E0 SVT with some stuff

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