I had mine warp at 12000 miles. The dealer replaced both rotors and pads
under warranty. Do you think I should have told him that I was puddle
jumping through flooded parking lots 1 month before hand? It was great
watching water spray over the trees.
I know.... water bad in engine, but it turned out OK.
Chris
'99 Dakota Sport + CC 4x4 V6 Amethyst
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Pitz" <dakota@billpitz.net>
To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 9:15 PM
Subject: Re: DML: RE: RE: RE: Front Rotors and Pads
>
> 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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