When to replace rotors?

[DrippinRaptor]

I just had mine turned at 75k at the Ford dealer when they did the pads as well.

 

[flynford]

I measured brand new front rotors and they measured out approximately 34.5mm; so, that leaves about 2.5mm margin for wear.

 

[badm0t0rfinger]

I just replaced the stock ones at 60k. The fronts looked rough but the rears weren't too bad. I wanted to do a wholesale swap (rotors, pads, lines, fluid etc) all at once and it feels like a new truck.

 

[txgunsntrucks]

Do yourself a favor. don't buy into the hype.

autozone duralast gold pads. lifetime warranty. can be traded in for any reason for free.

grab yourself some pads only. drive the **** out of them.

down the line trade them in for some new pads.

repeat cycle until truck is sold.


if you don't have a vibration in the wheel or pedal when braking or are obviously cracked, you don't need new rotors


just did a front pad change last weekend at 33k miles. still had half the life left in them.
easy as cake and only cost me like 65 bucks to do.
what can I say I was bored.

no more squeal on some of the slow stops

 

[raptor force]

what about replacing calipers after 60 K or 70 K isn’t it the best way to go

 

[The Car Stereo Company]

when they look like this. calipers siezed and fluid burnt. i have replaced my rotors, calipers and pads many times. after about 3 of these heat cycles is when my calipers siezed up. i have replaced pads 20+ times and rotors and calipers 8 times

 

[txgunsntrucks]

what about replacing calipers after 60 K or 70 K isn’t it the best way to go

unless a piston is not working or some other odd reason they don't compress the pads there is zero reason to replace your calipers at 60k.

 

[SurfRaptor]

Do yourself a favor. don't buy into the hype.

autozone duralast gold pads. lifetime warranty. can be traded in for any reason for free.

grab yourself some pads only. drive the **** out of them.

down the line trade them in for some new pads.

repeat cycle until truck is sold.


if you don't have a vibration in the wheel or pedal when braking or are obviously cracked, you don't need new rotors


just did a front pad change last weekend at 33k miles. still had half the life left in them.
easy as cake and only cost me like 65 bucks to do.
what can I say I was bored.

no more squeal on some of the slow stops

I've been doing this on my 08 Wrangler since 2010. I do brakes every summer and Bosch has a 3 year anything goes warranty also. New pads and rotors for free every year and have to pay for rotors every 3. Love having fresh new brakes. I have a MityVAC also so I can replace the fluid and keep them really fresh.

 

[Rocsteady]

unless calipers are failing, no reason to replace. I was a service writer for 14 years and I think I saw two actual failed brake calipers the entire time. Used to really point out how dishonest some of the shops like STS were when they had hundreds of calipers in stock for the most popular vehicles on the road in any given area. We'd have people turn down a pad change and rotor resurface and come back after STS told them they needed new pads, rotors, calipers, lines, etc. Suddenly the $300 or so we said the car actually needed looked pretty good next to the thousand plus that these rip off places were pushing. Don't get me wrong, lots of dealerships are the same but I couldn't work that way.
Haven't seen one in a while but it used to make me want to vomit when I saw "It's a trust thing" on the STS advertisements. What a crooked outfit...

 

[Mister Pinky]

Do yourself a favor. don't buy into the hype.

autozone duralast gold pads. lifetime warranty. can be traded in for any reason for free.

grab yourself some pads only. drive the **** out of them.

down the line trade them in for some new pads.

repeat cycle until truck is sold.


if you don't have a vibration in the wheel or pedal when braking or are obviously cracked, you don't need new rotors


just did a front pad change last weekend at 33k miles. still had half the life left in them.
easy as cake and only cost me like 65 bucks to do.
what can I say I was bored.

no more squeal on some of the slow stops

This is terrible advice. Duralast Pads have nowhere near the same co-efficient of friction as the factory pads, nor do they perform as well under stress and high heat situations. At best, longer stopping distances and worse pedal feel. At worst, failure under repetitive, heavy use.

Why do you think you can get free replacements for AutoZone and the factory pads are an arm and a leg. You get what you pay for.