>From my experience (mine are warped too, after only 20k!)...Stock OEM rotors
last the longest.. Second, to avoid the warpage that I am experiencing now,
have the
rims bolted back on by hand/torque wrench ONLY, and not an air wrench.
Seems this
is a common problem on other vehicles (MR2's, BMW, etc.), so it wouldn't
surprise me
that this has happened to me.
Like span of my brakes so far:
4/95 - new truck
6/97 - 66900 miles - had warped rotors turned (mistake), new front pads,
rears 80% left.
1/98 - 82525 miles - warped rotors again.. New rotors, new front pads, rears
75% left.
10/98 - 94000 miles - warped rotors again... (actually felt warped 3-4
months ago, but
after a 100-0 mph stop-- YOU REALLY
FEEL IT!)
12/2 - 101100 miles - still warped, don't care--- push pedal opposite
pulses-- maybe I'll
wear it down 'till it's even!
Plan on going OEM again (myself), replacing both front calipers ($$), and
completely
doing the rears soon... I might go for the Stillen cross drilled rotors--
problem is you
can't turn them and they are expensive, but if you turn ANY rotor on a
Dakota you are
only prolonging it's death--- my '91 was the EXACT same way.
Good luck,
Sam '95 SLT
-----Original Message-----
From: Thinknet <thinknet@mindspring.com>
To: Dakota Mailing List <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Date: Wednesday, December 02, 1998 7:43 PM
Subject: DML: 97 brake rotors
>hey folks,
>my rotors need to be replaced on my 97 CC V6. the just seem to keep on
>warping and from what I remember a while back it is sorta common. any
>suggestions on what types i should get? is there even a difference?
>
>Cuervo
>
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