quick question about warped rotors.

I have 13000 miles on the car and the warrenty has replaced my
rotors 2 times and turned each set once. and thay are still
warping. I got the autozones as a temporary fix tell i have the
money for some power slots. my questions is if i need to replace
the pads at the same time? I checked them out and they still
have alot of meat on them. I would also like to know if a warped
rotor can cause uneven ware on the pad that would ot be good
for the new rotors?

I am more of a shade tree mechanic (read: not ASE certified) but I was under the impression if you replaced/turned rotors you also have to replace pads.
I have a 2000 Camaro SS with 40000 miles, replaced stock pads with bendix about 10k ago and I have never had any problems with warping, not even on the stock pads. My 1995 v6 has never had problems and its at 100k. Changed the rotors at 70 k with pads and rebuilt the calipers but only because I was installing eibach prokit so I did the brakes because I knew they would need them eventually. No problems so far.
Is the warping thing one of those anomolies that happens on some cars and not others?

Rechtien

Originally posted by Rechtien
I am more of a shade tree mechanic (read: not ASE certified) but I was under the impression if you replaced/turned rotors you also have to replace pads.
I have a 2000 Camaro SS with 40000 miles, replaced stock pads with bendix about 10k ago and I have never had any problems with warping, not even on the stock pads. My 1995 v6 has never had problems and its at 100k. Changed the rotors at 70 k with pads and rebuilt the calipers but only because I was installing eibach prokit so I did the brakes because I knew they would need them eventually. No problems so far.
Is the warping thing one of those anomolies that happens on some cars and not others?

Rechtien

The LS1 rotors are horrible, the pads are excellent. I know of a lot of people, including myself, that still use the stock pads. Don't know if they switch the pads too when they switch the rotors. I didn't and I haven't had any problems.

Third time is a charm with The Lemon Law... Seems to me that if you're still under warranty, Chevrolet owes you a THIRD set of rotors. And yes, you should ALWAYS replace the pads when you replace rotors. Old pads, no matter how much meat is left on them, will have grooves from the warped rotor on them, thus making their contact on the rotor less than the maximum possible.

Unless you're hell-bent on just flat replacing the stock rotors, I'd hit up Chevy for another set FREE OF CHARGE, INCLUDING INSTALLATION. Or, see if Chevy has an upgrade replacement and pay the difference b/t the stock rotors/pads and the upgraded ones.

Daryl

Thanks for the input guys.
i ended up installing the autozone rotors and some new oem pads myself.
It was a very easy job, just 4 bolts and some thread lock. and a good excuse for me to buy a new tourq wrench.:D
I was just sick of having to take the car in to have the rotors turned/replaced. I didnt want to have to deal
with the service writers ether, the last 2 times i had it in for the rotors they started to give me crap about bad driving habits.
O well I say F#@K them :death:

Good move. I used the autozone rotors on my old car and they held up very well. Much better than the stock rotors that came with the car. You could tell just by comparing them side to side that the autozone rotors were of much better quality.

-Adam