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08-30-2022, 09:34 PM | #1 |
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Uneven Coloring on Brake Rotors
After my last track day, when I swapped out my track pads, I noticed that the front rotors had a distinct color band on them.
Does anyone have any thoughts on what this may indicate? Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk |
08-30-2022, 11:56 PM | #2 |
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looks like you've got the wrong front rotors and calipers.
but mad props for getting those installed for a square braking setup.
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08-31-2022, 07:09 AM | #3 |
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HA. I forgot that I took pics of the rears. When i had the fronts off, I didn't think to take pics. When I found similar discoloring on the rear, I took some pics.
I guess at my age, I shouldn't wait a week to finally post a question. Here is a pic of the front that I did take after the wheel was back on. Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk |
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08-31-2022, 10:22 AM | #4 |
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It's uneven transfer layer. Don't know why though.
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So an uneven transfer layer was one of my suspicions. What I do not know is what would affect the transfer layer and thus cause it to be uneven. One obvious (but not necessarily correct) suspicion would be that I am getting uneven brake pressure across the rotor. Any thoughts on what would cause that? I am going to put a straight edge on the rotors to make sure that they are flat. However, this pattern shows up on all 4 rotors and 4 un-flat (new word by me) rotors seems unlikely.
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New pads on used rotors? Totally viable.
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Currently, I am leaving the rotors on the car and swapping the pads between my track pads and my street pads.
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That I did not. I had not even considered that as a possible issue.
Is that a thing??? Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk |
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I got better wear when I started doing pedal dance.
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I saw something similar when i bedded my track pads on the stock rear rotors (thanks tirerack - though they did do right just not in time). It was only on the one where i couldn't fit a shim between the pad and the caliper. Sanding the pad a little and installing a shim fixed it.
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AP racing posted a video of how to clean old material off then bed new on. basically a few stops from 50-5 mph should get them hot enough to burn off the old material, then repeat the normal bedding process |
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I don’t think I would worry about it. My car looks about the same and the rotors have only had the same pads on them their entire life.
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I always went by more how they worked. If working great, I don't care how they look.
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