Date:         Thu, 6 Apr 2006 09:39:53 -0400
Reply-To:     robert shawn feller <feller@CARBONCOW.COM>
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From:         robert shawn feller <feller@CARBONCOW.COM>
Subject:      Re: Warped Brake rotors?
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 > You'd think we were a third world country... I saw a lot of this when
living in Latin America.

UH OH...hypersensitivity police alert, someone save us from this
statement...it mentions another country so it must be derogatory...help,
help!

Ha ha ha. This had to be intentional, right?

Shawn

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
John Goubeaux
Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 2:25 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Warped Brake rotors?

Yes makes sense, though it seems like, if you look at the design of the
rotor as well as how the rim bolts to it, that this wouldn't warp the rotor?
Though what else could it be?  I also noticed that after tightening the lugs
with an impact tool, they then, by hand used a large bar torque wrench on
the wheels, so i was told to achieve 125lbs.

It's amazing how obsessed they are about liability and putting anything on
that is not stock etc. but then they hire clueless kids who apparently don't
pay much attention to properly installing things? You'd think we were a
third world country... i saw a lot of this when living in Latin America.

-john

Mike Collum wrote:
> My first thought is that the guy at costco torqued the lugs in a
> circle rather than in a star pattern ... and by fully torquing the
> first one before starting on the next rather than doing it evenly.
>
> Mike
>
>
> John Goubeaux wrote:
>> So, I just had a new set of 15 inch rims installed with new tires.
>> The rims are the Rhein alloy models.
>>
>> After they were installed (by costco) I noticed that when braking I
>> am now getting a pulsing action on the brake pedal. I recognize this
>> as being from the rotors being warped. I was not getting this before
>> the rims/tires were installed.
>>
>> So the question is: Could this been as a result of over tightening
>> the lug nuts ? Or would they have had to slam the rotors with the rim
>> to do this?
>> or is it just coincidental?  and what might the remedy? Replace them?
>> the rotors have never been turned.
>>
>> -john
>>