[Diy_efi] Re: diy_efi Digest, Vol 17, Issue 48

[Carter Shore]

On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 21:32:50 Steve Ravet wrote:

> They called after my wife dropped it off for it's
> 40,000 mile service:
> "You need new front rotors."  I told them to replace
> them but send the
> old ones back with the car.  They were worn about
> .04" on each side.
> They resurfaced one and it ended up being below
> minimum thickness.  I
> have 2 Chevys with well over 200K miles each, both
> of which are on their
> original front rotors.  So I have 2 questions:  1) 
> Has anyone else had
> rotor wear problems like this on their Ford product?
>  2)  The turned
> rotor measures 1.055" thick.  Is that below spec?  I
> usually see the min
> diameter stamped on the rotor but not on these.

Some folks call them 'potato chip' rotors.
I think it's more due to Ford's choice of pad
material.

Carter


	
		
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