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Grit_dog
Nov 08, 2017Navigator III
babock wrote:
I flush my brake fluid every 2 years. It's cheap and it prevents corrosion in your calipers and more importantly, your ABS unit.
I always turn or change rotors when I change pads. Worst thing you can do is to just do a "pad slap". New or turned rotors lets the new brake pads properly bed into the rotor.
I always use Centric rotors and Akebono pads on all my cars and trucks.
Lots of opinions here, but a turn or replacement isn’t necessary unless it’s necessary.
Simply needing brake pads does not make it necessary. You can scuff up a set of rotors with a piece of Emory cloth in like 2 minutes and less than $1.
To the OP, fluid flush, optional. Less than 4 years is not bad on fluid.
Rotors, unless warped or seriously worn (not likely at 50k miles and first set of pads), they don’t need replaced or even turned.
Agree on buying new rotors though if warped. Turning a warped rotor is just a cheap band aid and rotors are not very expensive.
To those always turning and replacing rotors, your mechanics must love you! For the additional income. Aside from vehicles that were abused, I have just now replaced the first set of rotors in probably 20’years on a vehicle with less than 150k miles.
And that was at 130 k, been bad for a while though and only because there was a defect/recall on them back in the day.
This is the other end of the spectrum from some, but helps the OP decide the appropriate amount of work needed.
95% chance that at 47k miles, if not warped, the rotors only need scuffed up and a pad slap.
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