Lousy Brake Rotors-Anyone else?

[green03]

I use them on my mustang. The allow the brakes to grab better due to the venting/equalization of gasses on the boundary layer of the pad and rotor. Basically they allow the pad to make better contact instead of fighting the layer of air pressure caused by the boiling temperatures at the junction of the pad and rotor. The also help the rotor cool a bit faster as well. The drilled rotors are prone to cracking but the slotted aren't known to do that.
Matt R

 

[thereason21]

Thanks I think i am going to try slotted rotors and maybe the hawk pads i see everyone talking about.

 

[huklebuk]

I had the pads warp on my tbird. I would like to meet the engineer on that car and beat him, and if I ever see that salesperson again I'll ******* kill him. My pads were worn down and I just replaced them without turning the rotors glad I didnt now. Haven't had a problem since, brakes work great, saved me from and accident just yesterday, abs is great.

 

[ELVATO]

Yea, ABS does wonders.

Kinnda off topic, but this whole brake thread reminds me of when I got my brake pads replaces, and front rotors replacd. They didn't tell me that when you get new pads, you have to "run them in." A day later, I had to do an emergency stop (don't ask ). The brakes smelled like something was burning (apparently this is normal.)

So yea, now I feel that brakes aren't at their best stopping performance. That, or I brake so often that I experience brake fade?


How do you know when a rotor is warped?

 

[pronstar]

They also call it "bedding the pads".

Racers call them "green pads" before they are bedded. Green pads will fade very quickly the first time they get a lot of heat in them. So you don't want to run brand-new pads on the track before they are bedded...and you really should bed them on a street car, too, as you almost found out.

Here are some helpful links for you guys:
http://www.zeckhausen.com/bedding_in_brakes.htm
http://www.stoptech.com/tech_info/wp_bedintheory.shtml
http://www.tirerack.com/brakestechpage-1/85.shtml

 

[ELVATO]

Originally posted by pronstar
They also call it "bedding the pads".

Racers call them "green pads" before they are bedded. Green pads will fade very quickly the first time they get a lot of heat in them. So you don't want to run brand-new pads on the track before they are bedded...and you really should bed them on a street car, too, as you almost found out.

Here are some helpful links for you guys:
http://www.zeckhausen.com/bedding_in_brakes.htm
http://www.stoptech.com/tech_info/wp_bedintheory.shtml
http://www.tirerack.com/brakestechpage-1/85.shtml

Yea, I had read the tirerack article, that's how I knew that I should have bedded them first. Even though they do a decent job, I think I'm going to change my brakes because they seem to fade real easy. Thanks for the links