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I found this quote on bendix web site.

We recommend that rotors are machined only if they exhibit disc thickness variation (a shaking steering wheel and/or pulsating pedal on brake application), severe scoring, runout or heat checking.

I am going to change my rear brake pads soon. I am not sure if my disc need to machine or not?

How do I know if I need to machine the discs? Can I judge it by see it and touch? maybe shiny and smooth?

Thanks

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my discs started to go on me recently, but a very good friend of mine who tunes skylines and other high performance vehicles strongly suggested that i replaced them not machined them, the discs start to get really shinny and have like a glossy look on them, i replaced mine with slightly larger ones.

i just changed all 4 pads today and had the disc machined also. the rears were very noticable as u could clearly see where the metal indicator was rubbin on the disc's......it was bumpy and uneven. i guess u can tell by lookin and rubbin ur fingers over it. the fronts werent as bad but i had em done anyways. i think they also help aviod that squeakin problem. its a cheap alternative but if u have the dosh change em like 2BNVS did.:D

My old stock rotors were machined twice before i replaced them. Machining them is fine until their is nothing left to be machined. If you replaced your rotors instead of machining them you'd be up for rotors once a year.

  • 5 years later...

Sorry to bump an old thread, but didn't want to start a new one.

My brakes have been shittin' me for the past few weeks.

After braking at speeds of above 60ish the brakes will make a sort of creaking noise and the steering wheel will kind of shudder a little with a bit of noise.

Am I right in assuming I definitely need to get my rotors machined?

Edited by ray32

Same boat as me, when hitting high revs going at 70 or 80 and trying to break, they dont make a noise but they start to shudder really bad, Need to bet them machined.

Got other pair of rotors sitting at home, theyre bigger, and dunno if they will fit.

:D

MRXTCZ

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