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Old Jun 15, 2002 | 07:16 PM
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A little Brake Knowledge needed please!!!!!!!

1. How do you know if your rotors are warping and what can be done about this???

2. How do you know if your brake fluid is too hott and need to be replaced with high temp high performance fluid???

3. What could be the most possible reason for a car to vibrate and make an exhust type noise while braking???

I love my max and i have no other problems with her except the brakes and all i need is to get this done and i can add other important stuff.
I have bought new cross-drilled rotors and EBC green stuff brake pads and i'm getting this vibration on the bottom of the car when the rotor heats up and i'm comming to a slow brake from 70 or 80 MPH.

I have no idea what this could be, I just want to get the illogical stuff out of the way, Please help if you know anything about this.
Old Jun 15, 2002 | 07:23 PM
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Re: A little Brake Knowledge needed please!!!!!!!

Originally posted by MaxEffect414
1. How do you know if your rotors are warping and what can be done about this???
If your stopping from high speeds and you brake pedal and steering wheels feel like its giving you a massage, its time to resurface or replace them.

2. How do you know if your brake fluid is too hott and need to be replaced with high temp high performance fluid???
Not sure why this question is asked.

3. What could be the most possible reason for a car to vibrate and make an exhust type noise while braking???
Could be your rotors.

I love my max and i have no other problems with her except the brakes and all i need is to get this done and i can add other important stuff.
I have bought new cross-drilled rotors and EBC green stuff brake pads and i'm getting this vibration on the bottom of the car when the rotor heats up and i'm comming to a slow brake from 70 or 80 MPH.

I have no idea what this could be, I just want to get the illogical stuff out of the way, Please help if you know anything about this.
Make an appoinntment to have your rotors resurfaced.
Old Jun 15, 2002 | 09:45 PM
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Re: A little Brake Knowledge needed please!!!!!!!

Originally posted by MaxEffect414
1. How do you know if your rotors are warping and what can be done about this???

2. How do you know if your brake fluid is too hott and need to be replaced with high temp high performance fluid???

3. What could be the most possible reason for a car to vibrate and make an exhust type noise while braking???

1) Rotors are not "warping". They are simple cast iron and are either warped or not, they don't go back. If your brake pedal pulsates when you are stopping, one or more of your rotors are warped. Sometimes you can turn a rotor on a brake lathe to remove a small amount of runout. Personally, I'd just replace them since I've never had good luck with that. Once they warp, they tend to continue to get worse. One way to warp any rotor is to overtighten the lug nuts, get 'em scorching hot and drive through a big deep puddle of water.... VOILA! trashed rotors. I also hate cross-drilled / slotted rotors for street cars. They look good but have always given me more problems.

2) Brake fluid in race cars or in very hot conditions can actually boil. Don't worry about it in your car. The best thing you can do is flush/bleed all the brake fluid with fresh every 30,000. Brake fluid absorbs water and **** over time.

3) See #1. As far as an exhaust noise I have no idea. Maybe you've glazed the surface of some of the pads. Replace the pads with something else.

-RMB
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