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So what's so great about these cars? Brake rotors warped again 700 1991

posted by  darius on  Sat Apr 24 14:32 CST 2004
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I am beginning to see my lovely 745 as a time and money pit!

I just replaced the front rotors about two months ago with Zimmerman cross-drilled and already they are showing symptoms of warping - the pulsing in the brakes while coming to a stop. This is ridiculous; I simply don't have time to pull them apart again and try to tweak them. I could not find any marks on the Zimmerman rotors that ought to correspond to the marks (I also couldn't find them) on the hubs...is there a trick to this? The hubs were very clean, free of rust scaling, and with a very light layer of grease on them from the previous installation, apparently.

I am just discouraged - is it just something to accept about these cars' brakes that you can expect the rotors to warp this quickly? What can I do to prevent it from happening? Would Volvo OEM brake rotors be more reliable (durable)? AS always, thanks for the help, everyone!
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Darius in Albany NY '86 744 GLE (175K, given to my mother-in-law); '91 745 Turbo (167K-my 'Little Red Wagon')






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