warped rotors

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Street1
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heard a noise that sounded like a wheel bearing comeing from my drivers side..so i jacked the car up shook the tire from side to side to find out it wasn't a wheel bearing...moved it from in and out figured it wasn't a ball joint.... so i started to spin the tire realized i have a warped rotor... now i have 4 brand new michilan pilot sports series tires on my car previously had winter tires that i didn't replace yet ...stupid me ...but all in all i have to make an eight hour trip to delaware on saturday morning and don't have time to replace them trying to get everything together for the trip...you think it would be fine to make the trip without replaceing the rotors or is that a necesity???


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ANYONE>?

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You can have problem during high-speed braking. Why not take out the rotors and have them turned? Wear limit, front=20mm, rear=8mm. You can also buy replacement rotors if the original ones are too warped. You also have to replace the affected brake pads.

Over-torquing the lug nuts can cause rotor warpage.

Rod


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