jbekuykendall

Acura 2002 TL 3.2 - Rotor Direction / Bearings DIY

Forum,

Two questions:

1) Rotor Directions: I bought the Rotora Circuit Breaker Slotted Disc and they came both Lefts. I am trying to replace the whole fount end of the car; but they sent the two left sides. My question is: Does it matter that the slots are in a different direction that much?

2) DIY Bearings: When replacing the rotors (spindle bolt 36 mm ); I would like to check the bearings. I have heard that this is the thing to do; seeing the whole thing is taken apart. Does anyone have any information?

Thank you guys for the help.

TunedTL

\ <-- (where arrrow is the direction of rotation). Do a search there is a thread discussing this. I remembered someone posted a linking saying it reduces pad material depositing on the trialing side of the rotor during high temperature and high speed usage.
But I mount them / <-- because 1) looked better 2) I have Rotora and Akebono on my SUV, the right way to mount give me a slight grinding noise at the end of braking.

fsttyms1

when replacing the rotors you dont need to remove teh Halfshaft nut (its not a spindle nut) as for the bearings, im not sure they are a greasable part?

ResidualFreedom

it might not matter that much which direction you put the slots, but it would matter if you had the left side different then the right side, it would give uneven stopping power. It would also wear the pads differently, but the main functionality issue would be the different breaking powere in each front tire. Stopping hard might cause you to vear one way.

jbekuykendall

Ok; so I am clear to understand two left side rotors are not to be put on the same car due to the differences between them. If I had a left and right; it would not matter really that much which one was on which wheel; as long as they were both a right and a left side.

Thx for the help.