Silverback
Lima Gulf Bravo Foxtrot Juliet Bravo
Could always machine your own
This video was extremely satisfying
Have you bought a CNC mill/lathe yet? I know its on your list.
What have you done to someone else's ride lately?
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Have you bought a CNC mill/lathe yet? I know its on your list.
PSU Taco85
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Have you bought a CNC mill/lathe yet? I know its on your list.
Not yet, it's moving up the list as I keep filling the garage with toys/tools though
PSU Taco85
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Fuel pump replacement on a buddy's gay man's Chevy sierra.
I'm guessing he brought over a 6 pack of Michelob ultra?
PSU Taco85
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even worse he didn't even bring over any beer
AlienXtx
Nignog
Swapped out rotors and pads on my sammich maker's Tacoma - again. If this set warps or starts to I am going to swap the calipers next. I did notice she rides the brake so hopefully that was the reason for the warping.
Silverback
Lima Gulf Bravo Foxtrot Juliet Bravo
Speaking of riding the brakes.. I was following some Terminex guy in an F-150 with what looked like a 600 gallon water tank in the bed. We were in a residential area were I followed him for about 1.5 miles and his brake lights were on damn near the whole time... minus the 3rd light which was burned out. I'm sure when he needed them he had them heated up to stop.. or not.
Taco Loco
Tired and Lazy, married to ‘The Laundry Fairy’
Never experienced or heard of calipers being the problem for warped rotors.
Tell her to drive like grandma for the first 300miles. If the pads and rotors don’t break in properly, the rotors are doomed to fail.
Silverback
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I did the Z36 kit several years ago. It's been fine and I have another one to install that is the same... have had it for over a year... yeah I'm lazy.
Taco Loco
Tired and Lazy, married to ‘The Laundry Fairy’
I installed the Z36 on all 4 corners on the Ferd and I have been happy with the performance. I’m usually rough on brakes and after Towing in Colorado and I picked a couple rocks between the pads and rotors while on washboard forest service roads, they were due for new brakes.
She drives pretty easy on the gas pedal already. The only reason I am thinking it might be a caliper is if one of them are sticking and not applying pressure/heat evenly. I had a mechanic friend mention it to me to check if a set of rotors warps again.
I did an Amazon rotor and pad set that was well reviewed. Currently we are debating how much longer the Tacoma will be here so I did not want to put that kind of OEM money into it right now.
Taco Loco
Tired and Lazy, married to ‘The Laundry Fairy’
If it was a caliper issue, then it would pull to one side, the brake caliper is not your issue, trust me, and it does effect the rotors to wrap, the exception unless the truck pulls hard to one side.
The difference in metals/(transfer of heat) from the pads and rotors is common problem for wrapping, heavy braking and hot rotors hitting rain water. Higher end pads that use true ceramic pads are most effective to reduce wrapping.
CowboyTaco
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I'll just leave this here.
https://www.apcautotech.com/getmedi..._Whitepaper_B1-Warped-Brake-Disc-8-2018_1.pdf
I believe this was written by the founder of Centric Brakes. At least it is almost verbatim from an article I saw written by the guy many years ago.
TL;DR: "...in more than 40 years of professional racing...I have never seen a warped brake disc"
https://www.apcautotech.com/getmedi..._Whitepaper_B1-Warped-Brake-Disc-8-2018_1.pdf
I believe this was written by the founder of Centric Brakes. At least it is almost verbatim from an article I saw written by the guy many years ago.
TL;DR: "...in more than 40 years of professional racing...I have never seen a warped brake disc"
Taco Loco
Tired and Lazy, married to ‘The Laundry Fairy’
Boils down to proper break in.... uneven wear on rotor or irregular pad placement, wrapped rotor call it what ever you want @CowboyTaco
CowboyTaco
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Helped someone replace u joints and center support bearing yesterday.
Dude asked what I wanted for payment. I told him to bring beer. He forgot, so he bought me lunch and gave me $50 instead. I can buy beer with that!
I ordered the center support bearing for my sammich maker's Tacoma this morning. Hopefully this will get the truck back in tip top condition again for another 300k miles.