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Old 09-17-2007, 07:40 PM
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Question New rotors/pads, weird rotor wear..

Replaced the front rotors/pads the other weekend. (centric rotors/hawk hps pads)

Here is what they look like so far:
http://picasaweb.google.com/nezro500...ey=xdaU5865WxU

The first 2 are the rights, the last 2 are the lefts.

Not sure if it's noticeable but the left seems to be wearing a lot more evenly then the rights. I am also getting a notable drag on the right at initial movement of the car.

No vibrations/pulling to either side. Stops are pretty good and consistent.

Is this normal? Should it even out with some more miles? (only got 150 so far)
Old 09-17-2007, 09:28 PM
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From the looks of the rotors, the bedding in process is not done. Did you do the break-in as recommended by Hawk? IIRC, properly bedded rotors with Hawk pads are a lot darker than what is shown on your pics.
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^What he said, But it also looks like a pad is not getting full contack. Who did the job?
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I did the procedure that was on the hawk instructions. But will be doing it again.

I did the job. Any idea why the pad wouldn't make full contact?
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Ok just a followup. Things are starting to improve, I think when did the initial bedding i was a little too nice. I am now seeing the 'darker' color and the 'untouched' ring on the right side is getting smaller. couple more sessions and i'm hoping everything will even out. The drag I was feeling is also gone at this point.
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