Thread: brakes???
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Old 26 Jan 2007, 12:59 am
jim beam
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Default Re: brakes???

kp23 wrote:
> I drive a 1991 Honda Accord LX and i have had to have the rotors
> replaced or turned almost every year since I�ve owned the car (5
> years). Is this normal or is something else causing this? It is hard
> to believe that my rotors are warped this much. The vibrating now is
> usually while driving and then worsens when i brake.
>


it's not normal. in my experience, there's two things that cause it:

1. incorrect bolt torque process.
2. corrosion on the disk/wheel/hub interface.

got to clean everything up, assemble with a very little smear of
antiseize, and torque the bolts to factory spec with a 2 or more stage
process with a 1-3-2-4 sequence.

this may not work if the disks have already been skimmed, but it's
worked for me on 3 different hondas now.
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