At 10:47 AM 5/14/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>I have 38000 on my 2000 Dak and I have warped rotors too! I didn't think
>I was that hard on brakes:)
My rotors started to warp noticably around 28,000 miles. I had them
resurfaced and the problem went away. I'm now at 32,000 miles, but
I'm sure it'll happen again in another 10k miles or so. My buddy at
the shop says that he's seen the same problem on numerous post-'97
Daks and that it's due to some sort of shitty design.
Not sure how much I trust what he says, but the Rams apparently had
the same problem but they developed a "fix" for those who needed it.
I'm not particularly hard on my brakes at all (I've hardly worn them
down at all).
When the rotors finally do have to be replaced, I'm looking into getting
some slotted rotors so they cool better. I did read a couple of
suggestions somewhere a while back. Obviously, you want to avoid
heating them up as much as possible. There were some other things,
like avoiding puddles after you've gone down a hill and used the brakes,
etc. since the cold water on the hot rotors will cause even more warping.
-Bill
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