NEW ROTORS ON, now the steering wheel shakes???
This is out of Helms on the bleeding sequence.
07-12-2009, 03:42 PM
#49
Whats up with RDX owners?
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Turning = machining
Contact the seller. I always shy away from ebay brakes.
Contact the seller. I always shy away from ebay brakes.
07-12-2009, 04:51 PM
#54
I frequently switch out pads after track days on the same rotors with new and used pads that have seen different rotors, without issue. I would have chimed in yesterday afternoon and hopefully saved you a headache or two but someone decided to ban me for two days for offering to buy a for sale item in a non-for sale thread....
07-12-2009, 05:38 PM
#55
Whats up with RDX owners?
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07-12-2009, 06:58 PM
#57
Ohhh, when you said blue spots I thought you meant it turned blue due to overheating.
At this point, I would put one rotor at a time to determine if it's just one rotor and which one. I know it's a lot of work but at least you'll know. When you find a bad rotor, try clocking it differently, the screw holes won't line up, but that won't matter. If you have a dial indicator you could measure the run out without putting the caliper on.
And like Pseudomaniac said, a lot of people regularly change pads for the track and change them back after using the same rotors.
At this point, I would put one rotor at a time to determine if it's just one rotor and which one. I know it's a lot of work but at least you'll know. When you find a bad rotor, try clocking it differently, the screw holes won't line up, but that won't matter. If you have a dial indicator you could measure the run out without putting the caliper on.
And like Pseudomaniac said, a lot of people regularly change pads for the track and change them back after using the same rotors.
07-12-2009, 07:14 PM
#58
yea i know so I bought new 200$ pad set for nothing. oh well i'll save the oem ones and use them after... they're soo mint it's hilarious.
I don't drive this car hard usually at all.. I got the brakes cause a few times the rotors were heat soaked and made the wheel move due to however many times they had been machined. I like things to be perfect on my car at least, and I kinda dug myself a hole with this bullox
So i guess I shall get them machined in a few days when i get the time. I'll do both so the thickness is symetrical on both R and L rotors. So shitty I must say. I thought I paid a lot of money so it would avoid all this crap. Thinking More $ = Better material. Guess not.
I've bought rotors for 160 F and R CANADIAN, and they held up for 2 years 45000miles just fine. Required NO break in crap. and also were drilled and had the machine groves the same way.
Man did I screw myself lol
I don't drive this car hard usually at all.. I got the brakes cause a few times the rotors were heat soaked and made the wheel move due to however many times they had been machined. I like things to be perfect on my car at least, and I kinda dug myself a hole with this bullox
So i guess I shall get them machined in a few days when i get the time. I'll do both so the thickness is symetrical on both R and L rotors. So shitty I must say. I thought I paid a lot of money so it would avoid all this crap. Thinking More $ = Better material. Guess not.
I've bought rotors for 160 F and R CANADIAN, and they held up for 2 years 45000miles just fine. Required NO break in crap. and also were drilled and had the machine groves the same way.
Man did I screw myself lol
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07-12-2009, 08:25 PM
#61
lol obv they're on the right side. I've double checked everything possible, 3 times actually. and today I just put back on the other, older rotors in, 25mins with hand tools in my driveway. I'm fast now after all this dicking around. And then everything was fine.
So it's not me. It's the rotors
So it's not me. It's the rotors
07-12-2009, 09:24 PM
#65
I've bought two sets of the "ebay" rotors - which are normally just OEM rotors with machining. It's possible to get a bad set - thought I've not encountered it. Buy another set, or make dude send some to you. Don't be surprised if he doesn't want the old ones back. 
They do offer improvement in fading - but remember you're reducing stopping surface as well. If you're not running more aggressive pads, you're not capturing the max benefit.
Don't confuse the benefits of these with Brembo kits, which are better steel, larger in diameter, and include upgrades in clamping force and friction surface.
They do offer improvement in fading - but remember you're reducing stopping surface as well. If you're not running more aggressive pads, you're not capturing the max benefit.
Don't confuse the benefits of these with Brembo kits, which are better steel, larger in diameter, and include upgrades in clamping force and friction surface.
07-13-2009, 08:06 AM
#66
buddy selling the rotors at Quick Stop pro said to send him pictures of the rotors so their tech could look at it. And they assured me I'd be "taken care of".
I sure as hell hope so. For all this dicking around they better send me a medal as well.
I sure as hell hope so. For all this dicking around they better send me a medal as well.
07-13-2009, 10:36 AM
#68
Whats up with RDX owners?
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Exactly what I was thinking.
07-13-2009, 12:50 PM
#69
yea yea p2r plenums just came in today.. that'll get my mind off all this horseshit!!..
Got them for 400 CAD shipped to my door.
They got a few nicks here and there but i'm gonna grind them all out then prolly get it powder-coated. Or buy g2caliper paint and use the leftovers on the plenums then throw it in the ovew and cook that paint on, and it'll look powdercoated anyways.
as for the rotors, u know how these ebay dudes work, they msg in the morning once or twice and thats it for the day.
Got them for 400 CAD shipped to my door.
They got a few nicks here and there but i'm gonna grind them all out then prolly get it powder-coated. Or buy g2caliper paint and use the leftovers on the plenums then throw it in the ovew and cook that paint on, and it'll look powdercoated anyways.
as for the rotors, u know how these ebay dudes work, they msg in the morning once or twice and thats it for the day.
07-14-2009, 10:56 PM
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You need to refinish the new rotors on the car, per TSB 00-037 "Brake Disc Refinishing Guidelines"
http://www.in.honda.com/Rjanisis/pubs/SB/B00-037.PDF
http://www.in.honda.com/Rjanisis/pubs/SB/B00-037.PDF
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