Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 23:37:28 +0100 From: danny <dannynopsamia-esprezzo.com> Subject: Re: Brakes - - 9-5
I don't understand this. Yes, the discs are supposed to wear a little with the pads, but no car of mine, Saab or otherwise, ahs eaten discs in less than 80k miles, and my current Saab has had it's first new discs in 128k miles. Unless they run out of true, the standard test is for disc thickness, or rather how much the disc has worn, by feeling for a ridge round the disc. It is possible for overheating brakes (usually binding) to blue the discs, and for slight cracks to appear, both of which would mean new discs. Regards, Danny http://www.gaggia-espresso.com (a purely hobby site) http://www.dannyscoffee.com (UK advert for my mobile espresso service) swap Z for above characters in email address to reply Steven Stern wrote: > My dealer told me the rotors are always changed with the pads. The local > non-dealer Saab place said the rotors usually last for 3 pad changes. > > On Wed, 29 Aug 2001 14:01:42 -0500,, "Trevor Sheldon" > <tsheldonnopsamgh-ohare.com> wrote: > > >That is interesting, I just got off the phone with my dealership and they > >told me I have about 5mm left on the pads of my Viggen (I don't know what > >they start with) and they also claim that they need to work on the rotors. > > > >The pads I could possibly understand but I can't figure out what they want > >to do with the rotors. They are looking for $500 just for the fronts. > > > >Sounds a little shady to me the car only has 20K on it. > > > > Steven Stern > ChicagoGSB Computing Services > http://gsbwww.uchicago.edu/computing --
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