Just to let everyone on the DML know Chrysler has been having a hell of a time
with warped rotors. Every make that you can think of that Chrysler makes they
have a prob with it. Chrysler first put out TSB's on the first cars that came
out but they stopped when they saw that it was happening with all of the cars
(well a great majority) When I was working with my dad we at lest saw two or
tree cars come in every week that had warped rotors. From personal exsperience
(all Chrysler products in the driveway ;-) the best thing that my father and I
have found to do is get a good set of drilled rotors. We have them on all of
our cars...you should see the looks on peoples faces when we pull up to them in
our van and they see drilled rotors on it ;-)...and none of them have warped
yet. The only peole that I would not recomend putting drilled rotors on is a
4x4 if you do alot of muddy off-road traveling. The mud has a tendency to get
in the holes and stop them up and the only way to get the mud out is it take off
the wheel and spray them out. Well just mu .02
Mike
Thinknet wrote:
> ok I'll bite, how do you keep from parking? There is a lot of stop and go
> and hills on my way to work, so even if I drive conservatively, how do I
> cool the brakes? my truck only has 21K on it, the rotors first got bad at
> 15, then 19, I had them cut after the first time, sanded the pads and
> re-assembled the whole thing. I personally would live with it, but the wife
> doesn't seem to like it. so I either fix it or take her T-Bird (feel the
> chill shoot down my back) when we go somewhere.
>
> I just haven't heard good things about the OEM rotors on the new gen of
> dak's. and I don't know what the general auto parts stores offer (pepboys
> autozone etc.) I don't need really high end brakes (don't race the truck,
> the bike is for that) but I would like something that would last longer than
> the pads. or are there any rotors with a lifetime warrantee. pulling them
> really isn't that hard, and would be willing to run to the store for free
> pads and rotors.
>
> Cuervo
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ann Greenwald <greenwald@id.ucsb.edu>
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
> Date: Thursday, December 03, 1998 11:41 AM
> Subject: DML: 97 brake rotors/warpage
>
> |For all those who dont know, another common cause of rotor warpage is
> |parking/stopping you vehicle shortly after doing a lot of hard braking.
> |Apparently the part of the rotor that ends up under the brake pad when you
> |park cools at a slower rate than the rest of the rotor and if the pads are
> |really hot the rest of the rotor can cool off too quickly causing warpage.
> |I know many of you on the list are already aware of this but some may not
> |be. I know I never thought about it until I was told by someone and I've
> |been able to avoid warpage on my 97 Dak for 30,000 so far.
> | Now they'll probably warp tomorrow !!!!
> |
> |
> |
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