brake question

[FrodoGT]

No to 1, Yes to 2. Dropping those rotors from any normal height is not going to hurt them. They could hold the weight of the car and be fine. Its a good idea to check behind though.

[Nick Gautreau]

Easy enough. If theres something (rust, grease, road debris, etc...) between the rotor and the wheel hub, it could put your wheel at an angle when you bolt it on and cause it to vibrate.

The brakes on my car...



Yes those are ACTUALY the brakes on my car.
No the thing ain't street legal.
Yes I do drive it around.

[FrodoGT]

Those look like artifacts dug up from some indian burial mound dude..damn. They dont even have a distinct shape anymore. Especially the caliper.

[Christ]

EDIT... those are the "lack" of brakes on your car... no pads, no brakes bro... do you stop it w/ the e-brake or something?

I did that for awhile when one of my lines broke on my old azz sunbird... stopped w/ the e-brake and downshifting... made for a fun time when someone stopped quick in front of you.

[Nick Gautreau]

yup... use ebrake

i just crank it as hard as i can... oddly doesn't lock... its like ABS on handbrakes. (stops fast too, so I know their not worn)

[Christ]

rofl... it's pry stretched or something.. so you may be reaching the end of the e-brake travel before the brakes can lock.. but hey, if it works, use it :P

[Nick Gautreau]

no I can feel the tension and the handle only goes about 3/4 of the travel it's supposed to have.

I checked the rear pads the other day... they were about half an inch thick, but the drum is totaly shot... rusted to hell (rust actualy ADDED thickness to the drum.)

[Christ]

that might be why they won't lock too.. the rust might be breaking off and "rolling" between the pads and the drums.

[Nick Gautreau]

that might be. Although that doesn't explain the Xtreme stoping power it has! It literaly push me into the belt and tilts my head forward... that's how strong it is!

[Christ]

again, could be that the rust is causing enough friction to stop you at a glance, but not enough to lock. BTW, nice sig

[FrodoGT]

well at least something works. My crx rears were so bad that I would CRANK on the damn thing and nothing would even happen..then all of a sudden I would start hearing the left rear lock. And it STILL didnt slow me down by more than about 3mph. My hatch rears are much better, I know because I blew the right front brake line about a month ago.

[Christ]

I have bad rear bushings... the trailing arm bushings.. so the rear end clicks sometimes if I jack on the brakes real hard... I have urethane inserts for them tho.

[pbrizzle86]

i checked all my ball joints and bushings and everything seems to be in order. i had some stainless steel brake lines waiting to go on so i put them on and found i was missing the little copper washers on the passenger side brake line. the shaking has been reduced quite a bit but is still there. i know there is no air in those lines cause we bleed the lines like crazy with a machine and by hand. the alignment is all in spec so im now turning my attention to my rims. i think i may have a bent rim or two seeing i got these rims second hand i dont know what they have been through but there is a considerable amount of curb rash on those babies. but thanks for all the sugestions. Paul