Wagner rotors and severe duty pads?
Just got my truck inspected. The front brakes are nearly shot. The rear pads have over 50% of their life left. I had already planned to put new pads at least on the truck before heading out to th...
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babock wrote:High quality doesn't have to mean "All New Parts". That's faulty reasoning. When you get a flat tie, just a simple small nail in the tread, do you throw the tire away and buy a new one since it is now damaged, or get it patched?gmw photos wrote:Totally agree!
When your truck was new, the rotors were full thickness, with braking surfaces that were flat, parallel, and had the appropriate finish to help bed in the new pads.
If you expect the brake job to result in "as new" performance, this is likely the best way to accomplish this. Anything less is a compromise. Up to the individual to decide if the compromises are worth it to them.
I used to be that guy that scuffed the rotors and did a pad slap. Stopped doing half Azzed brake jobs a long time ago. When I do work on my vehicles, I try to do a high quality job so I get maximum performance and don't have to "fix" it by going in a second time.
