"stuckMTB" (stuckmtb)
06/14/2020 at 15:16 • Filed to: None
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"stuckMTB" (stuckmtb)
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CAPTION THIS!
Caption this!
Turns out you should probably spend more than $37 on brake rotors. The “Brake Best” rotors my buddy bought to replace the rusted out crap on my former 2003 Honda that we affectionately named “Ann” after the forgettable character in !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! turned out to be complete garbage. I’ve never seen a new rotor do this so soon after installation! I’m wondering if the caliper/piston is actually seized or something, but I guess it’s back to O’Reilly for this guy! Seriously think he had less than 50 miles on it when it failed so spectacularly.
Buy mid-grade folks, especially on the parts that count!
Yikes.
Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
> stuckMTB
06/14/2020 at 15:32 |
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“I’m glad I live where it doesn’t snow.”
This is what we'll show whenever you publish anything on Kinja:
> stuckMTB
06/14/2020 at 15:33 |
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The best thing about coated rotors is that they never rust.
Or
What’s the hubub?
sn4cktimes
> stuckMTB
06/14/2020 at 15:34 |
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That is a fairly impressive fail.
I’ve never bought cheap brakes for any vehicle. Even a few beaters I had when young. Always at least half decent quality for brakes, battery, steering.
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Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
> stuckMTB
06/14/2020 at 15:36 |
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Is that a hole in the bearing cap?
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Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
> sn4cktimes
06/14/2020 at 15:37 |
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A panic brake stab at 80 mph could wind up not ending well with those rotors.
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stuckMTB
> Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
06/14/2020 at 15:37 |
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Saddest part is the car was in decent mechanical shape when I sold it to him, but he’s really let it go. Not that anybody should really care TOO much about a milquetoast 2003 Accord, but it did have a 5 speed and was marginally fun for awhile. I ended up selling it just because it was dull and life is too short to drive dull cars. But now it lives around the block from me and I see every new bump and scratch and just cringe as I witness the slow decline.
Probably nothing could’ve been done about the rust though. Poor thing spent its entire life in the northeast and midwest.
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Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
> stuckMTB
06/14/2020 at 15:42 |
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I guess the question is, how well did the car hold up under neglect? As for milquetoast cars, don’t look too closely at my fleet...
PyroHoltz f@h Oppo 261120
> stuckMTB
06/14/2020 at 15:58 |
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It seems lik e something on the brake system is misaligned (caliper to rotor) that might have caused extra strain on the rotor.
Or, it's just a shit part.
kanadanmajava1
> stuckMTB
06/14/2020 at 17:53 |
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One of my friends bought a nearly free Audi 200 wagon (actually it was a pair of them) . He noticed that one front brake wasn’t doing anything. When he investigated the issue he found out that the same kind of failure had happened to the disc. Then he picked up the MIG-welder and solved to problem...
This wasn’t his only questionable fix.
RacinBob
> stuckMTB
06/14/2020 at 18:52 |
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I don’r know what happened. The rotor and hat are one casting as far as I know. But for unknown reasons, they parted ways. I can’t think of a reason why, The rotor is not blued from running hot. It just broke. It must of made an interesting noise though......
sdwarf36
> stuckMTB
06/14/2020 at 20:55 |
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“Full floating brakes.” I bet that rotor was on the bottom of the pallet. It was packaged hat/up--and a thousand pounds got dropped on it-the rotor didn’t move-and the hat supported all the weight.
coqui70
> stuckMTB
06/14/2020 at 21:26 |
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“Brake Best” brought to you by Banhg -How Manufacturing Limited, maker of the finest remanufactued parts - road legal in most countries.
pip bip - choose Corrour
> stuckMTB
06/15/2020 at 06:53 |
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AdverseMartyr
> stuckMTB
06/15/2020 at 09:55 |
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stuckMTB
> Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
06/16/2020 at 08:46 |
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Remarkably well to be honest. It still runs and drives reasonably well, but it probably needs new... everything in the suspension . If it weren’t for the body damage, I’d buy it back off him to fix up. But I just can’t deal with bodywork and rust. That said, I’m always amazed at the abuse an old Honda will take.
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stuckMTB
> Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
06/16/2020 at 08:46 |
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I didn’t even notice that, but sure looks like it!