Continuous Warping Rotors!!!!

[Millermagic]

It might not be warped rotors but surface deposits on the rotors.

I'm surprised I don't have warped rotors from the lugnuts or broken studs ... I tend to severely over tighten them.

[Willyum]

The super hard - long lasting linings are tough on rotors.

[fotbalcrazy2]

Sounds like I will go ahead and get regular rotors. I don't like getting them on ebay because they get you with the S&H. MAke sure its a reasonable price because I have seen some charge up to $40 s-tag for s&h and the rotors are only like $40 a pair. I will most likely go to a place called harbour freight tools for the torque wrench. They are real cheap and ok quality for tools. If you have a store near you, I would use it a lot for tools that you will use occasionally.

[reekor]

Craftsman torque wrenches only have a 90 day to a 1 year warranty depending on the model. If you want a lifetime warranty check out the husky brand at home depot.

http://www.homedepot.com/prel80/HDUS...p?pn=100058237

Originally Posted by MyTaurus8AChevy

Good point about not needing a really good torque wrench, but why go to Walmart when for only two dollars more you can get a Craftsman at Sears with a lifetime warranty on it?


Thanks for this Will go there next time we need rotors.

[MyTaurus8AChevy]

Originally Posted by reekor

Craftsman torque wrenches only have a 90 day to a 1 year warranty

Nope, they have lifetime. See where it says "Guaranteed Forever" in the screenshot below

[reekor]

That's funny, there cheapest ones have a lifetime warranty.

model #44595, 44597 = 90days, model #34187, 810778, 810757 = 2 years,

With that said, the $30 beam torque wrench is just fine for lug nuts.

Originally Posted by MyTaurus8AChevy

Nope, they have lifetime. See where it says "Guaranteed Forever" in the screenshot below

[MyTaurus8AChevy]

In all my years of bringing back tools to Sears not one person has ever asked to see a receipt, so those others might have a lifetime warranty too

[Huney1]

"When subjected to thermal stress (or mechanical stress from unevenly or OVER-TIGHTENED lug nuts) the rotor warps." Reekor is on the money there.

Tire shops rarely use a torque attachment on the air gun socket, let along a torque wrench and every time I get tires or flat fixed I double check the nuts with my beam torque wrench and EVERY TIME the torque is off. Two guys put the tires on each side and when I check one side 80 ft lbs and the other 120 ft lbs. Heck, the brand new tires had 45 lbs of air in them, now where's the hard part there? A beam torque wrench not all that expensive and takes all the guess work out of tightening nuts and bolts.

Another rotor warper is rotors being hot then you drive through cold water,

[MyTaurus8AChevy]

Originally Posted by Huney1

Two guys put the tires on each side and when I check one side 80 ft lbs and the other 120 ft lbs.

I was thinking about air guns the other day and even the tire shops and the dealerships use them to put tires on. That's why I was so surprised to read about needing a torque wrench. I am very glad that I read this thread, and from now on I'll always watch how my lug nuts are put on

[TomV]

Originally Posted by TaurusKing

I buy the cheap rotors, never had any issues with them... places like
az or aap.. used to be able to buy online and save, unless free ship is offered, not worth it on standard parts..

I agree. I have replaced my 97 Taurus rotors once because of brake pad material depositing on the rotor face and causing the shudder when the material heats up. A Hyundai of mine had rotors so warped that I could barely get them over the lugs. A case of overtightening to the extreme.

I used some inexpensive rotors ($20? each) for the Taurus and ran them for at least 40K miles and they are still working fine. I do my own brakes and only hand-tighten with my lug wrench so I can get them off myself.

For my cars that have alloy wheels (not my Taurus G) I use Raybestos pads and rotors that are supposedly designed for lower dust. They of course cost more.

When I purchase new tires at my local Pep Boys here in Maryland they use Tork Stix for the final adjustment. They even have posters on the wall in the garage area concerning their use.

[Huney1]

"When I purchase new tires at my local Pep Boys here in Maryland they use Tork Stix for the final adjustment. They even have posters on the wall in the garage area concerning their use."

Hip-Hip-Hoorah for Pep Boys! Many years ago I taught my wife how to change a tire and when I started to loosen the lugs I had one of those curved tire irons and it was everything I could put to it with my 200 lbs to break them loose. It made me mad because I could see her 140 lbs broke down on the road KNOWING how to change a tire but can't bust the lug nuts loose because of some el-stupido at the tire shop where I had them rotated. I promptly called that shop and gave the manager a piece of my mind and he apoligized and I said you damn well better check every car that goes though your place. How many tire shops just, "do it right"? In my opinion, very, very, very few. That's the same shop that a month ago put four new tires on my Tusus and put 45 lbs of air in all of them. DUH-DUH-DUH-freakin' DUH DUMMIES!

From then on I check them with my torque wrench and keep a X type tire tool in the trunk, pneumatic jack and piece of plywood for the jack to sit on because so much sand around here soft as can be.

One more hip-hip-horrah for Pep Boys!

[MyTaurus8AChevy]

Don't any of these places have any kind of certification for their mechanics? They should be setting the standard and not doing things that common sense tells you is wrong. 45 lbs of air pressure in a tire is a bit extreme. I don't even think my talking air gauge knows how to say "forty-five"