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Car Forum / Acura Cars / August 2004

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New brake discs rusting - expected?

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Caveat Emptor - 31 Jul 2004 22:58 GMT
I got rear brake discs replaced last week in our 2000 Acura 3.2 TL,
because the old ones were rusted very deep (at least that's what the
mechanic said).

I see a light rust on them already, as well as on my front ones which
were just machined.

Is this expected? There is none on the area were the pads rub. I've
looked around at other cars, and don't see such evident rust. Could
the discs be bad quality? Hae said they were original and cost me $ 60
apiece.

Also, I can sense a vibrattion when I brake to a stop, which hasn't
gone away even after 10 days after a new set of pads and rear discs.
Bad alignment or is this usual behavior for new pads?

Thanks
E. Meyer - 01 Aug 2004 00:10 GMT
On 7/31/04 4:58 PM, in article
fa1d2707.0407311358.410a1352@posting.google.com, "Caveat Emptor"
<emptor_caveat@hotmail.com> wrote:

> I got rear brake discs replaced last week in our 2000 Acura 3.2 TL,
> because the old ones were rusted very deep (at least that's what the
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> the discs be bad quality? Hae said they were original and cost me $ 60
> apiece.

Absolutely normal.  After a couple of weeks, the only part of brake disks
that is not rusty is the area squeezed by the pads.

> Also, I can sense a vibrattion when I brake to a stop, which hasn't
> gone away even after 10 days after a new set of pads and rear discs.
> Bad alignment or is this usual behavior for new pads?

Was this done by a dealer?  My understanding (I also have a 2000 TL) is that
Acura does not recommend machining the front rotors.  Replacement only
because of problems with warping rotors.  This might be the trouble.

I assume you also replaced the front pads?  Did you get OEM?

In any event, the new pads might not be broken in.  Try a couple of hard
stops from 50 or 60 MPH to bed them in and see if the vibration goes away.  
Kryptoknight - 01 Aug 2004 15:48 GMT
normal for regular iron rotors. i've seen lots of rotors get rusty in 8
hours of being outside while it was lightly raining...

> I got rear brake discs replaced last week in our 2000 Acura 3.2 TL,
> because the old ones were rusted very deep (at least that's what the
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>
> Thanks
BCLedfoot - 15 Aug 2004 14:36 GMT
yeah i just had the same thing happen to me within 3 days.
 
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