Posted by Gambles on August 28, 2012 at 12:56:38 from (24.246.215.127):
In Reply to: Re: Brake Rotors posted by Lamar Fudd on August 28, 2012 at 10:32:55:
I agree that a lot of "warped" rotors are nothing more than brake residue on the rotors, but that's not 100% of the time. I do all of the maintenance and mechanical work on my vehicles, but I had a sudden wheel bearing failure on my Aerostar away from home and had an independent shop put on a new front rotor and wheel bearings. I went on my merry way and thought nothing of it, until my steering wheel started to shake while braking about two weeks later. I tried to take the wheel off, but they were on so tight that it took a cheater pipe on a breaker bar. (And I'm not a weakling either) The knuckle-dragging "mechanic" had put the lug nuts on so tight, I'm surprised they didn't break. I took the rotor off and turned it true again. It was WAY off from being good. I had to take so much off that I will probably replace it again when replacing the pads. So occasionally they do warp.
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