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Car Forum / Nissan / Nissan Cars / January 2005Rotors - 2004 Armada
I have a 2004 Armada with 26,000 miles on it. I had the rotors turned earlier this week. Nissan replaced the original rotors after about 7,500 miles. They were replaced again at around 18,000 miles. The story today is that the lug nuts were too tight (200 ft lbs instead of 98) and that will warp the rotors. Two questions: 1) Will over tightening the lug nuts actually cause the rotors to warp? 2) Anybody else having issues with rotors on 04 Armadas? I suspect it is a quality issue with the rotors more than anything else. On 1/7/05 7:15 AM, in article vXvDd.131969$AL5.58909@twister.nyroc.rr.com, > I have a 2004 Armada with 26,000 miles on it. I had the rotors turned > earlier this week. Nissan replaced the original rotors after about 7,500 [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > 1) Will over tightening the lug nuts actually cause the rotors to warp? Yes. I'm surprised you could get them up to 200 ft lbs without snapping off the lugs. > 2) Anybody else having issues with rotors on 04 Armadas? > > I suspect it is a quality issue with the rotors more than anything else. > On 1/7/05 7:15 AM, in article > vXvDd.131969$AL5.58909@twister.nyroc.rr.com, "RAM" <ram@stny.rr.com> [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] >> I suspect it is a quality issue with the rotors more than anything >> else. Quality issue, right! Torquing to 200 lbs/ft. is impossible without snapping them off. They won't take that much torque! ;-) >>On 1/7/05 7:15 AM, in article >>vXvDd.131969$AL5.58909@twister.nyroc.rr.com, "RAM" <ram@stny.rr.com> [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > Quality issue, right! Torquing to 200 lbs/ft. is impossible without > snapping them off. They won't take that much torque! ;-) Also, there is no way to measure the torque of a nut that is already installed. The *breakaway* torque is always signifcantly higher than the torque required to install the nut while it is rotating. It sounds like Nissan has a problem with the rotors and the Titan. Ironically, the rotors on my Hardbody never warped or were ever turned in 120,000 miles and I braked the crap out of the thing.  SignatureRob Munach, PE Excel Engineering PO Box 1264 Carrboro, NC 27510 And I put 130K miles on an '87 Pathfinder, and 130K miles on a '95 Pathfinder, and have 70K miles on an '01 Pathfinder, and never had to turn or replace the rotors. BTW, the Nissan engineer who worked out that flip up caliper did a REALLY nice job. >>>On 1/7/05 7:15 AM, in article >>>vXvDd.131969$AL5.58909@twister.nyroc.rr.com, "RAM" <ram@stny.rr.com> [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > the Titan. Ironically, the rotors on my Hardbody never warped or were ever turned in 120,000 miles and I braked the crap out of > the thing. Yes, over torquing the lug nuts will trash the rotors. They will warp as a result and have to be turned to get them within the ridial runout specifications. Get a torque wrench and when you play with the truck you can torque them yourself. If you take it to the dealer let them know your concern and let them know you will check the torque when you pick up the vehicle. > I have a 2004 Armada with 26,000 miles on it. I had the rotors turned > earlier this week. Nissan replaced the original rotors after about 7,500 [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > I suspect it is a quality issue with the rotors more than anything else. My '04 Armada is going in today for new rotors. Nissan is replacing mine with new ones... They warped before 7000 miles. > I have a 2004 Armada with 26,000 miles on it. I had the rotors turned > earlier this week. Nissan replaced the original rotors after about 7,500 [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > I suspect it is a quality issue with the rotors more than anything else. To answer the question, YES over tightening lug nuts CAN warp rotors. Check out titantalk.com for lots of infor on Titans and Armadas. Butch > My '04 Armada is going in today for new rotors. > Nissan is replacing mine with new ones... They warped before 7000 miles. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >> >> I suspect it is a quality issue with the rotors more than anything else. I agree, this is a problem with many cars. I've been using a torque wrench to PROPERLY torque my lug nuts and have never had warped rotors. Most garages just bang away with a big impact wrench and don't care. If you ask them, they'll say they torque them to spec, but it's usually not true. Anytime my car is at a garage I retorque them once I get home. Dave > To answer the question, YES over tightening lug nuts CAN warp rotors. Check > out titantalk.com for lots of infor on Titans and Armadas. > > Butch |
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