Rear rotor thickness

[Kordain]

Hey,

anyone tell me minimum rear rotor thickness?

swapped the summer wheels on this weekend and thought id look at why the park brake was lifting so high. Noticed one sides pads were like new and one side was worn almost all the way down so it looks like i have a sticking piston in the one caliper and im gonna have to replace my pads as well so i thought id check if the rotors needed replacing too. anyone?

Cheers

[vee_dubbin]

Re: Rear rotor thickness

You always need to replace the rotors everytime you change the pads. especially if one side was braking harder then the other.

[Polishdupa]

Re: Rear rotor thickness

technically you dont have to replace your rotors... i recommend taking them to a service shop and get them machined its cheaper... the shop will tell you if they can be machined or not... its about 25 bucks per rotor and as for your braking you might have a seized caliper bolt (the bolts thats your calipers mount with they should have a high temp brake grease on they to allow them to slide pulling both pads equally) unless you have a dual piston caliper

[Kordain]

Re: Rear rotor thickness

yeah i deff have a seized either piston or bolt, hope it isnt the piston but well find out for sure soon enough.

cheers

[VWSM]

Re: Rear rotor thickness

yeah i deff have a seized either piston or bolt, hope it isnt the piston but well find out for sure soon enough.

cheers

8MM is spec if you drive like a granny.. or get ready for warping.
About 26.00 a piece for-non vented Zimmermans.Worth it.

[Kordain]

Re: Rear rotor thickness

Cheers Paul

[vee_dubbin]

Re: Rear rotor thickness

Not a fan of machining rotors...The thinner they get, the more chance of warping. Prices of rotors these days, might as well replace them.

[Kordain]

Re: Rear rotor thickness

yup they are cheap enough to be true