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« on: November 13, 2006, 12:04:25 AM » |
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I had to replace the rear rotors on my Impala at 54k, due to the stock rotors becoming severely pitted and grooved. I came to find out that GM uses rotors made with low-quality, porus material to keep the cost down (and not just on the W-Bodies!) Here are the pics of my torched 54,000 mile original rotors:   I replaced all 4 rotors with Raybestos PG Plus rotors, and hopefully won't have to go through this any time soon! |
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 Kevin B.2004 Chevy Impala 1993 Chevy S-10 |
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« Reply #1 on: November 13, 2006, 10:24:08 AM » |
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wow, and i thought ours were bad! lol
did you impala come with all 4 discs from the factory? for some reason i always thought the base's had drums
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DiscoStudd
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« Reply #2 on: November 13, 2006, 11:47:56 AM » |
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Discs on all fours. The front rotors are quite a bit heftier than the 1G's, actually.
I don't know if you could tell from the pic, but the inside of the rear rotor serves as a drum for the parking brake. The separate parking brake makes for easier pad changes, although it's a bitch to get the rotors off because you have to crawl under the car and loosen the parking brake cable...
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Kevin B.2004 Chevy Impala 1993 Chevy S-10
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« Reply #3 on: November 13, 2006, 01:11:46 PM » |
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Thats how mine looked when they got changed in the spring. Bad bad bad they were.
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« Reply #4 on: November 14, 2006, 12:28:00 AM » |
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i changed mine shortly after i got it...brakes were worped with a whole 20k miles on it (typical GM)...anywayz, mine were glazed over, but deffinatly didnt look that bad! :shock:
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LownSlow
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« Reply #5 on: November 20, 2006, 09:00:27 AM » |
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hmm, no problems with my mom's 01 sped. she must drive like a granny or you guys must drive like maniacs  |
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« Reply #6 on: March 21, 2007, 02:59:39 PM » |
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hmm....maybe thats why I need new ones lol
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DiscoStudd
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« Reply #7 on: March 21, 2007, 10:03:17 PM » |
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hmm....maybe thats why I need new ones lol Are you getting any pulsation in the pedal? Mine were vibrating something fierce... |
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Kevin B.2004 Chevy Impala 1993 Chevy S-10
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« Reply #8 on: March 22, 2007, 11:39:48 AM » |
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yeah they are slightly. But i looked at the brakes and they look like they could be the original ones. Not positive, but 50k miles on brakes?
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DiscoStudd
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« Reply #9 on: March 22, 2007, 10:55:25 PM » |
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I thought the same thing. Actually, my front rotors and pads still had plenty of life left in 'em. It was just the rears that were FUBAR'd. I went ahead and replaced all rotors and pads at the same time even though the fronts were more than adequate...
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Topic: 2nd Gen owners beware, stock rear rotors are junk! (Read 2571 times)
