[Shotimes] tie rods and rotors

[Ian Fisher]

Ha-I don't even feel they are safe at .81"!

I don't know about min. thicknesses offhand but I'd be
suspect after 2-3 track sessions with track pads.
Otherwise, expect rougly a year of normal street
driving with street pads ~12,000 miles or so.

By the way-after talking to someone wilwood owners
offlist, it is common to have grooving appear after
running different pad combos. For some it happens with
agressive pads, for some it seems to happy more
frequently with less agressive pads. FWIW..I thought
that I'd pass it along.

I have to agree with George-as long as the pedal
doesn't pulsate hard indicating a problem they are
probably ok with minimal grooving.

Ian
--- Dave Kegel <d.kegel@comcast.net> wrote:

> Anyone know how far the .81" Wilwood rotors can wear
> before they're no
> longer safe?  Do they have a minimum thickness like
> all OEM rotors do?
> 
> Dave
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
> [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of
> George Fourchy
> Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 3:24 PM
> To: shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] tie rods and rotors
> 
> >2. rotors-my 1 year old wilwood rotors are starting
> to
> >show some signs of small grooves running around the
> >rotor.
> 
> There are much more experienced brake experts here
> than me, but as long
> as there isn't any warpage of the rotors, I'd just
> let them go.  If the
> car stops straight, with no shaking of the pedal or
> the wheel, and no
> noise, I'd consider them fine. 
> You could get rid of the grooves by smoothing off
> the pads....they cause
> the grooves, so if you smooth them, the rotors will
> smooth out too, over
> time.
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