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Caliper good, rotor good,. brake pad,..."NO GOOD!!" Stopping requires friction and either the rotor or pad gotta go,..seems the pad is too soft for the rotor which should be eating

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Old 12-29-2009, 03:58 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Caliper good, rotor good,. brake pad,..."NO GOOD!!"

Stopping requires friction and either the rotor or pad gotta go,..seems the pad is too soft for the rotor which should be eating away...Id get beefier pads before tracking the car and switch them out for daily driving...

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All well and good, but the 370Z was still the only car that had this problem. I'm just sayin'...every other car seems to have made it through to the end. (Just finished reading the entire article, came in the mail today)
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Caliper good, rotor good,. brake pad,..."NO GOOD!!"

Stopping requires friction and either the rotor or pad gotta go,..seems the pad is too soft for the rotor which should be eating away...Id get beefier pads before tracking the car and switch them out for daily driving...
something like 28 lbs per rotor if memory serves
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