Feeler thread: GB Frozen Rotors

I don't know if someone else on here does these or not. I happened to be in the area yesterday while I was working :roll: , and stopped by their shop. Talked to a few people about different options setups prices. I'm needing new brakes soon, so I was just wondering about any interest in this, then I'll work out details. I saw a very nice 2 piece setup that got me drooling :yumyum: .

 

lemme know how much your thinkin i might be interested

 

i am interested in it too. name the price and the time frame. plus i gotta figure out exactly what to do about my break setup.

 

I'm down. My rotors are warped. ^^^ what he said, name the price and time frame. Don't know why my rotors keeps warping

 

This seems to happen every year

http://www.mnsubaru.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9650&highlight=frozen+rotors

 

I'm sure Russ will Chime in...soon he usually does this once a year, i believe

 

I would like to be in for pads & rotors but it depends on how quick this would happen since i'm grinding down already...

 

I've got some 4 pots on the way, might be a good time to replace the rotors.

 

i would be down for some sloted fronts. Can i use my old pads, they are only 2 weeks old.

 

Do you use a torque wrench to tighten down all your lugs to the same specs?

Do you properly bed your pads/rotors when you change either of them out?

Do you put on your emergency brake when parking when your brakes are still hot?

Any one of those things (plus a host of others) can cause warping. Those are just the most common.

edit: I may be interested in getting some of these for the Legacy. I will be doing some brake work next week and will have the chance to fully inspect everything and decide if I'm getting new pads/rotors or not.

 

OK looks like we have interest, I'll work on putting something together.

 

i need some rear calipers and pads so i'd be in as long as we can get them asap

 

I've read that rotors rarely (if ever?) warp. It's typically uneven brake material build-up from improperly bedding in the brakes or letting hot brake pads sit on the rotor (leaving a brake pad "foot print" on the rotor).

I think I posted the white paper explaining it in the gb thread from last time.

I got cryo-slotted rotors all around with hawk pads. BIG improvement and highly recomended.

 

That's what I was hinting at. Uneven wear from mis-torqued wheels, and not bedding in, and pad imprints on the rotors from parking with hot rotors.

I bet you and I read the same white paper (StopTech, right).

Ever since I started torqueing, bedding in properly, and parking my car using the gear instead of the e-brake I haven't had ANY brake shimmy or signs of warpage.

Besides, bedding in pads is FUN.

 

Yes. Just bed them in properly. (60 - slow, ten times in a row. Let brake system cool off to ambient, and repeat). A good place to do this in town is on 494/694 late at night.

Do the first slow/fast/slow/fast on a deserted stretch, then cruise 1/2 the loop to cool the whole system. Repeat, and go home. It needs to be deserted because slowing down to ~5mph on 494 is not illegal... just irritating.

 

I would be down for this. I screwed up and missed the last one.

At a minimum I would be down for another set of HPS pads....but I might be talked into some rotors.

Steve

 

lets talk about price.

 

do you think i will be able to sell my very lightly used oem pads and old rotors? how much will the pads be? Thanks