I once heard a story of a man, who had warped rotors ever so often.
The garage was completely puzzled about this happening so many times and the
cost was big.
This was stopped after a garage guy had a very long talk with the customer.
What the driver did was washing his car every fortnight immediately after
driving home, which was a long drive and the last part was downhill, so the
rotors were always hot then.
The guy sprayed water with a hose all over the car including the wheels and
brake system.....
This caused the warping.
Cheers,
Hans
'71 BGT
----- Original Message -----
From: <Ajhsys@aol.com>
To: <wellner.christian@navy.mil>; <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 7:13 PM
Subject: Re: Warping Left Front Brake Rotor
> In a message dated 10/6/2003 12:31:26 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> wellner.christian@navy.mil writes:
> The only things left to do are replace the caliper and/or re-build the
> brake
> warning valve. The warning valve doesn't work (no hooked up) but doesn't
> leak. Can this valve cause a warped rotor on the left side and not on the
> right ?? Could I possibly have too little clearance on the brake light
switch
> with the brake lights working fine (going off when the pedal is released)
??
> - - - - - - - - - -
>
> I doubt it is the valve. Do you use a torque wrench when you mount the
road
> wheels? If you just tighten the lugs like a gorilla (nothing personal!),
you
> may be warping the rotor. A caliper that is not operating smoothly on
both
> pistons could also cause the problem.
>
> Allen Hefner
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