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what pads are you using? if they produce more heat than stock, what do you think will happen to your stock rotors? better stopping = more friction = more heat.
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when installing new rotors and pads you have to "season" them b4 u can really drive and brake hard on them or they will warp use the search and youll find the write up on how to "season" pads and rotors, also if the brake bias is screwed somehow(happened on my last car) the bias was totally on the front and the rear brakes never engaged and it was like 95% brake bias on front rotors and they warped every couple months because of this and that "could" be a posibility.
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im using mintex pads on OEM SVT rotors and it also happened when i used to have the EBC greenies. if its a brake bias problem, how do you go about fixing that??
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Start by bleeding new fluid down to all of your brake calipers. You can get one man brake bleed kits from your auto parts store. The kit is comprised of a tube with a spring loaded ball bearing check valve at the end. Cheap & easy to do yourself. About the only other tools you will need is your tire changing stuff & a brake line wrench for the bleed nipples.
Brake fluid has a tendency to absorb water/moisture so I flush my brake system & bleed my brakes every 1 or 2 years. I have NEVER had a brake problem or failure.
Must be that jumbly-wumbly thing happening again.
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Originally posted by svt4b:
im using mintex pads on OEM SVT rotors and it also happened when i used to have the EBC greenies. if its a brake bias problem, how do you go about fixing that??
Both these pads have been known to put out noticeably more heat than stock. Use the search feature to read more on your rotor situation...
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Mintex A/F or 1144?
The A/F's are very close to OEM.
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i think they are the A/F. its really bad though. anything over 30mph and the wheel shakes like crazy and braking is scary as sh*t. 
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I bet my money on Improper Torque on th lugs...
i was having that problem, till I retorqued mine to 90lbs.
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i was actually thinking that too cause the rotors never really looked too bad...although milimeters are a little difficult to spot with the human eyepiece! i got new rims going on on tuesday, so i will make sure to torque em to 90 and let you nice fellers know what happened. im also going to ford tomorrw for some random parts and i will ask them about the biasing.
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