This Weekend's Project

HOTLNC

HOTLNC

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I'm getting CREMPF ready for a trip to Houston (the wife's going to a medical conference.)

This weekend, I'm replacing the front pads and replacing the rotors.

FYI -- O'Rielly's sold me ceramic pads and Wagner rotors that are guaranteed forever. For brake parts -- can you dig it! You wear them out and then replace them free of charge! You are paying about 70 bucks each for the rotors. One year warranty rotors cost 25 bucks each. AND these brake part numbers are shared with the Mark!

Of course, there might be a paid rotor grinding between replacement times. Grinding the rotors cost 12 bucks each, nowadays.

If you wear the pads down to metal, that will void the warranty. Of course, if you grove the rotors due to metal on metal, that will more than likely void the rotor's warranty as well. But I didn't ask about that
 
HOTLNC said:
I'm getting CREMPF ready for a trip to Houston (the wife's going to a medical conference.)

This weekend, I'm replacing the front pads and replacing the rotors.

FYI -- O'Rielly's sold me ceramic pads and Wagner rotors that are guaranteed forever. For brake parts -- can you dig it! You wear them out and then replace them free of charge! You are paying about 70 bucks each for the rotors. One year warranty rotors cost 25 bucks each. AND these brake part numbers are shared with the Mark!

Of course, there might be a paid rotor grinding between replacement times. Grinding the rotors cost 12 bucks each, nowadays.

If you wear the pads down to metal, that will void the warranty. Of course, if you grove the rotors due to metal on metal, that will more than likely void the rotor's warranty as well. But I didn't ask about that
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Don't know if its an issue in TX but be sure to remove all the rust buildup on the hub. Best thing is to coat the hub and rotor with a thin layer of antisize...They actually tell you to do this in the LS shop manual (but its good advice for any car)! I had nightmares (2 hours of hard labor) in the rustbelt to remove rotors on various cars. I wouldn't even start a brake job now without my trusty bernzomatic MAPP!
 
We don't have the rust problem. At the most all it takes is a slap of the palm against the rotor to knock it loose from the hub. Usually it is already loose as soon as the wheel is unbolted, assuming the hold down clip is not on one or more of the studs.
 
HOTLNC said:
FYI -- O'Rielly's sold me ceramic pads and Wagner rotors that are guaranteed forever. For brake parts -- can you dig it! You wear them out and then replace them free of charge! You are paying about 70 bucks each for the rotors. One year warranty rotors cost 25 bucks each. AND these brake part numbers are shared with the Mark!
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Normally a good thing, but then again you can get a forever gaurantee for alternators and that isn't worth much after you swap it out 4 or 5 times.
 
logres said:
Normally a good thing, but then again you can get a forever gaurantee for alternators and that isn't worth much after you swap it out 4 or 5 times.
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Noted. But I've had good luck with my forever alternators. I'm on the second one now. It has over 100K miles on it.
 
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