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Looking into doing brakes for the first time. Is there enough meat on the rotors to have them cut or should they just be replaced.
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06 Brakes
- Thread starter CtChevy427
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Mic em and see. The factory rotors are pretty beefy normally, but aftermarkets are THIN out of the box.
tanman_2006
Just a farm kid...
Mine are original at 280k. New pads at 250k. The rotors looked great
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Rotors are cheap. If they need turning you might as well replace. I didn't turn my fronts but the RR caliper hung up and ruined the rears so I replaced both.
Will L.
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If you do replace them, get them from the stealership. Aftermarket ones suck. Shimmy disks should've the autozone brand name.
BIGR
Lucky To Be Here
Had to have the two rotors replaced on the rear of mine a few months ago. Pads were still good, but surface rust had taken a toll. I looked at them and could tell that the pads were not making good contact with the rotors. Went ahead and got new pads also. Stealer said they could not turn them the way they were. Got it wrote down somewhere but I can't remember what they were a piece. I thought they would have been more than what they were.
It made a difference in braking. My truck had developed a pretty good vibration under hard braking like you get with a warped rotor. That is gone now.
It made a difference in braking. My truck had developed a pretty good vibration under hard braking like you get with a warped rotor. That is gone now.
Mad Maxx
See, what had happened was...
Whatever you do, DO NOT get SSBC Rotors or their Pads. Their Calipers are good though.
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I think I will be going with everything GM. It's worked good for 155K so why change the brand.
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RAYBESTOS professional grade is teh same thing you will get from GM for half the cost. GM doesn't build there rotors and pads, they buy them from RAYBESTOS for most everything.
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Good to know. I will look in that direction....
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Rockauto probably has everything Bill.
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I have had good luck with them. I will absolutely look things up over there first.