Has anybody ever used these replacment brake rotors found on Ebay, nice price, but uncertain on quality.
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I have all kinds of different vehicles come into my shop with drilled rotors.
95% of all em have extreme heat cracks between each hole.
I wouldnt reccomend them.
95% of all em have extreme heat cracks between each hole.
I wouldnt reccomend them.
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I thought the whole idea behind the drilled holes is to eliminate excess heat? So you think OEM is the way to go? What about the DBA's at MAF?
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I'd go with slotted rotors if you want an upgrade. Mu uncle did that on his 2000 suburban, and that truck stops like my BMW now. Granted my BMW is an old one, but still, impressive for a 3 ton truck.
Go slotted.
Go slotted.
With slotted it cuts down on glazing of the friction surface, and gets some of the gases off of the pad during breaking. It doesnt really affect durability though, id go with the slotted.
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LOL I can barely fork out enough doe to do the front.
A lot of different opinions, I'm thinking the no slotted have worked for 20 years on the rig, so this will be the best way to go. Plus cheaper buy.
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Drilled and slotted rotors on a 60 is a waste and potentially dangerous.
Brembo's non drilled or whatever cheap, made in China, rotors you can find at Pep boys will do just fine.
I think the FJ60 PB rotors are like $20 a piece.
Brembo's non drilled or whatever cheap, made in China, rotors you can find at Pep boys will do just fine.
I think the FJ60 PB rotors are like $20 a piece.
the only way i could justify buying a set of rotorts that wernt sold on the truck new, is if you upgraded from a solid rotor to a vented rotor.
like for instance, on my 1980 truck. faktory came with solid.
i needed to replace them cuz they were warped and grooved.
so i did a swap, installed rotors off a 86 truck.
little bit of mods, and work, but it pays offf.
like for instance, on my 1980 truck. faktory came with solid.
i needed to replace them cuz they were warped and grooved.
so i did a swap, installed rotors off a 86 truck.
little bit of mods, and work, but it pays offf.
Brembo rotors. Stay away from the cheap crap. Brakes seem like a pretty important part.
I used Brembo when I last did brakes on my FJ60. Work good. I didn't want to use cheap stuff since it is the brakes we're talking about. However, I didn't want to spend muti-hundreds of dollars on brake rotors either. Thought Brembo was a good compromise. Well respected name brand and only $100 a pair delivered to my door. Not that much more than the cheapies. Very cheap piece of mind.
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Mace said:
Well, chuh, you are talking about a Ford!
Mace, that you have had success with cheapie Chinese rotors is great, but my experience with them is that they warped badly within six months of normal usage and that was before I started wheeling the 62 hard. Caveat Emptor!!That's too bad about your rotors, but I'm not going to jump on the China-bashing bandwagon.overhanger said:Well, chuh, you are talking about a Ford!
I'm not sure that "hard wheeling" would put more load on a brake rotor than commuting would. It's weight and speed that create the heat that warps rotors, if they warp at all. Often, "rotor warpage" is more a product of brake pad selection and use. If you keep the pads mashed on to the rotors after a hard, heat-generating stop, some of the pad material (tiny amounts, but that's all it takes) may fuse to the hot rotor. Eventually, the accretion of pad material on the rotor will be felt as a pedal pulse when braking, and you'll go buy new rotors and curse the old ones as cheap crap.
Alternatively, keeping the pads mashed on the rotor after a hot stop can create temperature differentials on the rotor which will cause real warping.
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not just China
I don't think it's just China. They make good dishes and food and shoes. Low budget rotors (made by who ever) just suck. Napa Truestop is one of those brands.
Raybestos seems to have pretty good rotor metalurgy.
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I don't think it's just China. They make good dishes and food and shoes. Low budget rotors (made by who ever) just suck. Napa Truestop is one of those brands.
Raybestos seems to have pretty good rotor metalurgy.
I have known more "hardcore" wheelers that had s***ty brakes than I can count. Wheeling is not hard on brakes. Towing a 5K cruiser on a 2K trailer behind a 7500lb truck IS hard on brakes. Ford, Chevy, Dodge, Toyota, Mercedes or kia brand vehicle does make not a lick of difference when it comes to braking. It is a weight and material selection for the brake parts, not as much "who" built the parts.overhanger said:Well, chuh, you are talking about a Ford!
My china crap does Very well. With the Brembo not being that much more expensive I would probably go that route in this case. Most of the time I am more likely to buy quality pads and lesser rotors.. That seems to be a good fix for me.
But to jump on the "every American made vehicle is crap and everything that is made in china is Crap" bandwaggon is just plain stupid.
Besides, a lot of the rotors are made in india too..
If you can't kid on a Toyota board about a Ford without being called stupid, where can you? Did I really have to add J/K to the smiley face to let you know I was kidding? I own two Ford products myself!
It seems that everytime I post some sort of response to a thread someone seems to think I'm picking a fight which as far from the truth as possible. Unless it's Spook, of course. JUST FREAKING KIDDING!!!!!
It seems that everytime I post some sort of response to a thread someone seems to think I'm picking a fight which as far from the truth as possible. Unless it's Spook, of course. JUST FREAKING KIDDING!!!!!
