Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 14:55:40 -0400
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From: Eric Zeno <vw4x4@FYI.NET>
Subject: Re: Rotor thoughts
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Tom,
Was the rust on your rotors on the inside, as you can see in the
pitures?
At this stage of the game, I'm going to check, with a fine tooth comb,
for things like warn out guide pins or the bushing in the caliper support
bracket.
Tom Miller wrote:
>I have the same problem with my rotors on my 89 Westy. They were fine for
>the first year after driving it home from Greenville, SC where I bought it,
>but after driving the van a few times during the winter on salted roads in
>Cleveland, Ohio, and parking the van for a month or so thereafter, the rust
>built up to the point where the pads could not clean off the rust evenly. I
>am in the process of replacing the rotors.
>TEMiller
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Hans Achter" <hansachter@HOTMAIL.COM>
>To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 10:34 AM
>Subject: Re: Rotor thoughts
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>>Looks to me like the inboard brake pad is not contacting the rotor surface
>>evenly. I would immediately suspect something to do with binding of the
>>brake pads in the caliper. I don't understand how you would come to the
>>conclusion that the rotor is the problem.
>>-Hans
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Eric Zeno" <vw4x4@FYI.NET>
>>To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>>Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 7:25 AM
>>Subject: Re: Rotor thoughts
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>>>"a picture would resolve that issue very easily"
>>>You got it!
>>>
>>>http://www.fyi.net/~vw4x4/in1.jpg
>>>http://www.fyi.net/~vw4x4/in2.jpg
>>>
>>> Here is 2 pictures of the inner side of the rotors
>>>http://www.fyi.net/~vw4x4/out1.jpg
>>>
>>> Here is the outer side. You can see they are not as bad
>>> but still have had rust biuld up on them.
>>>
>>>http://www.fyi.net/~vw4x4/pads1.jpg
>>>
>>> Here is the pads in not particular order. Look close
>>>you can see there is plenty of meat on them.
>>>
>>> As you stated below in more techincal terms
>>>than I want to understand, I thing the rotors are the problem.
>>>Unfortuneately I've gotta to get to work.....
>>> ERic
>>>
>>>Kim Brennan wrote:
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