Looking for better rotors
After one trip down the Bighorns my rotors warped, pulsing pretty bad, seemed the right front wheel was very hot compared to the rest and had a heavier dust buildup on the rim. Had the Ford dealer in ...
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Padlin wrote:
I am new to the longer mountain runs found out west, this trip was the first I've encountered them so I could definitly be.doing something wrong. I had heard to go down in the same gear you go up in. Went up in 4th or 5th, came down in 3rd. I could have stepped harder on the brake when in 3rd and it would have down shifted to 2nd, but I didn't have to so I didn't for e it. Instead I used the brakes if I needed to slow below what 3rd would do.
No brake issues other then the throb or pulse one gets when the rotors have overheated, and that mostly just when hot, with or without the trailer. There is no lack of braking.
If everyone thinks I sould let it downshift further that's what I'll try on next years trip, and replace the rotors and pads. The truck, when in tow/haul seems to downshift based on my braking, the I brake the more it down shifts. Light braking on the down hills does not do it, takes more then that.
Sounds to me like you just rode the brakes too much then. If you put the best pads in the world on with new rotors, and go down the mountain the same way you did, you'll warp the rotors again.
Definitely work on your downhill skills, many have great advice on here to help.
A neat toy to have is a infrared thermometer, I've seen them for 20 or 30 bucks. You pull the trigger and it tells you what the temps are. I'm guessing you are getting up above 400 degrees easily if you are warping rotors.
