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Re: OT-car brake help needed
What color Sub is it?
Does it still have the factory manual in the glove compartment?
I think the half a million mile brake job rocks.
I used to change my pads like a madman until I went to NAPA.
I have never heard of a rotor that must be surfaced on the car.
But hey why not.
It is true that the pads will wear to the grooved rotors, but depending on
the depth and width of the grooves the stopping might be changed.
Somebody tried to tell me that my rotors would fly apart at the grooves so,
taking his advice I swapped my rotors for new (two years later)
55 miles per gallon is great...
But if you really want to stretch the old buck.
Do everything reccomended to improve your gas mileage.
If you take it far enough, you know like following every single
advertisement ever made.
Go completly overboard...
You would have to stop and empty out your tank every three hundred miles.
YMMV
"Tiago Rocha" <diariodastrilhas@gmail,com > wrote in message
news:179ddad6-7cc2-421e-a5cf-c396a24f7b9b@l42g2000hsc.googlegroups,com ...
> On May 9, 11:13 am, JayC <j...@sysmatrix,net > wrote:
>> > The Subaru braking seems weak. I couldn't find time to work on it so
>> > sent it to the mechanic, who did nothing other than inspect the pads
>> > and shoes (disc front, drum rear) and tell me the rotors are glazed,
>> > pads and drums have 50% life, nothing to worry about, not worth
>> > de-glazing the rotors they'll just glaze again, thanks for the
>> > business see ya later.
>>
>> Subaru eh? Gonna join the Sierra Club next?
>>
>> Break out your vacuum bleeder and change out the fluid and buy a new
>> MC cap. I'd probably pop in a new set of pads (Autozone type) just
>> for the hell of it. Personally, I've never resurfaced rotors. I just
>> change the pads - the new pads pick up the rotor grooves after the
>> first day. Gives twice the surface area, at least that's my theory.
>
> My experience is that scored rotors brake *less*. ymmv. Pads, I use
> OEM brand bought at the parts store. OEM at the authorized car maker
> dealer is way too expensive.
>
> I never resurface, rotors are cheap enough to replace them every 3 or
> 4 years, or, every other brake pad change. OEM rotors, of course.
>
> -- Tiago
What color Sub is it?
Does it still have the factory manual in the glove compartment?
I think the half a million mile brake job rocks.
I used to change my pads like a madman until I went to NAPA.
I have never heard of a rotor that must be surfaced on the car.
But hey why not.
It is true that the pads will wear to the grooved rotors, but depending on
the depth and width of the grooves the stopping might be changed.
Somebody tried to tell me that my rotors would fly apart at the grooves so,
taking his advice I swapped my rotors for new (two years later)
55 miles per gallon is great...
But if you really want to stretch the old buck.
Do everything reccomended to improve your gas mileage.
If you take it far enough, you know like following every single
advertisement ever made.
Go completly overboard...
You would have to stop and empty out your tank every three hundred miles.
YMMV
"Tiago Rocha" <diariodastrilhas@gmail,com > wrote in message
news:179ddad6-7cc2-421e-a5cf-c396a24f7b9b@l42g2000hsc.googlegroups,com ...
> On May 9, 11:13 am, JayC <j...@sysmatrix,net > wrote:
>> > The Subaru braking seems weak. I couldn't find time to work on it so
>> > sent it to the mechanic, who did nothing other than inspect the pads
>> > and shoes (disc front, drum rear) and tell me the rotors are glazed,
>> > pads and drums have 50% life, nothing to worry about, not worth
>> > de-glazing the rotors they'll just glaze again, thanks for the
>> > business see ya later.
>>
>> Subaru eh? Gonna join the Sierra Club next?
>>
>> Break out your vacuum bleeder and change out the fluid and buy a new
>> MC cap. I'd probably pop in a new set of pads (Autozone type) just
>> for the hell of it. Personally, I've never resurfaced rotors. I just
>> change the pads - the new pads pick up the rotor grooves after the
>> first day. Gives twice the surface area, at least that's my theory.
>
> My experience is that scored rotors brake *less*. ymmv. Pads, I use
> OEM brand bought at the parts store. OEM at the authorized car maker
> dealer is way too expensive.
>
> I never resurface, rotors are cheap enough to replace them every 3 or
> 4 years, or, every other brake pad change. OEM rotors, of course.
>
> -- Tiago
