Hm, I just bought two front rotors from Grady just a couple days ago. I'll let you know how it goes. Still so, nothing could be worse than what I had... Jim On Mon, 03 Mar 2003 09:23:27 -0600 KATHLEEN SARFARAZ <asarfaraz@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Damn, I feel sorry for you. I will not buy PJ Grady Brake rotors. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Walter Coe <Whalt@xxxxxxx> > Date: Monday, March 3, 2003 0:47 am > Subject: [DMCForum] rear brake rotors > > > <span><p><span><p> > > > > > > <tt> > > Re: [DMCForum] Avi is Back! - Walt isn't > > > > > > > > Today I replaced my rear brake rotors (again) and accidentally let > the > > > > master cylinder run dry while bleeding. So... I have to wait > > until tomorrow > > > > to buy master cylinder bleed kit before I can get the car back on > > the road. > > > > > > > > The issue with my brakes: one of the original rear rotors was > > chipped, so I > > > > had to replace it. I got a new pair from PJ Grady, and they > > sucked royally. > > > > They had excessive runout which was so bad that if I had them cut > > then they > > > > would have been under spec. And these were new rotors! > Interestingly > > > > enough, I had no problems with brake pulsation. The runout wasn't > > > thickness > > variation but a matter of not having the hub parallel with the > > rotor. As > > > > the rotor wobbled, it pushed the brake pads apart. This seemed to > > > not be a > > > > problem at first. Rob told me over the phone that this wouldn't > > hurt the > > > > calipers. As the rotor turned, the wobble slapped the hand brake > > pads and > > > > caused one of them to fall off. (I'm not the first to have this > > problem > > with PJ Grady rotors, BTW.) So I put on new pads and adjusted the > > > hand > > brake with lots of play to give room for the rotor to wobble. > Soon > > > > afterwards the brakes feel glazed. I take the wheels off; and > > sure enough, > > > > there is a bluish glossy layer all over the rotor. So I sand it > > off and was > > > > fine for a while. This was about a year ago. > > > > > > > > Now fast forward to the present: the glaze is back and stopping > > the car > > > > requires much more pressure on the pedal. So... I put another set > > > of rotors > > > > on. These are NOS from DMCJoe while he had a half-off sale about > > 2 years > > > > ago. One rotor has no runout that I can tell. The other has just > > > a speck > > > > of runout -- not even worth mentioning. Hopefully this will solve > > > my rotor > > > > glazing problem. > > > > > > > > And the moral of the story? Always buy your parts from DeLorean > > specific > > vendors and you won't have these kinds of issues. Oh wait! > > That's what I > > > > did. So much for that idea. Well, I have one more beer in the > > fridge. :-) > > > > > > > > Walt > > > > > > > > </tt> > > > > > > > > > > <!-- |**|begin egp html banner|**| --> > > > > <table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2> > > <tr bgcolor=#FFFFCC> > > <td align=center><font size="-1" color=#003399><b>Yahoo! Groups > > Sponsor</b></font></td></tr> > > <tr bgcolor=#FFFFFF> > > <td align=center width=470><table border=0 cellpadding=0 > > cellspacing=0> <tr> <td align=center><font face=arial size=- > > 2>ADVERTISEMENT</font><img > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > src="http://us.a1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/a/ex/expert_city/300x250_cquo_1.g > if" alt="" width="300" height="250" > border="0"></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr><td><img alt="" width=1 > height=1 src="http://us.adserver.yahoo.com/l? > M=246920.2960106.4328965.2848452/D=egroupmail/S=:HM/A=1464858/rand=48704 > 9001"></td></tr></table><!-- |**|end egp html banner|**| --> > > > > <tt> > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > > > > DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > > > </tt> > > > > > > > > > > > > <tt>Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of > > Service.</tt></br> > > > > </span></span> > > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> New Yahoo! Mail Plus. More flexibility. More control. More power. Get POP access, more storage, more filters, and more. http://us.click.yahoo.com/Hcb0iA/P.iFAA/46VHAA/HliolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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