Did front brakes and rotors on my 05 last night

[nittanydoug]

Last night I did the brakes and rotors on my 05 Vibe. I have 110,000 on it. The pads were toyota pads but I doubt they could still be original after all of that time. Probably one of the easiest brake jobs I've ever done on a vehicle. I think I'll have the old rotors turned and keep for spares. I've had the car since Thanksgiving of 09 and I've put about 35,000 on it so far. Yes I drive alot! Time for another oil change soon, K&N needs cleaned and charged, and probably a mini-drain of the tranny. Where does that leave time for hunting?

[Sublimewind]

Quote, originally posted by nittanydoug »Last night I did the brakes and rotors on my 05 Vibe. I have 110,000 on it. The pads were toyota pads but I doubt they could still be original after all of that time. Probably one of the easiest brake jobs I've ever done on a vehicle. I think I'll have the old rotors turned and keep for spares. I've had the car since Thanksgiving of 09 and I've put about 35,000 on it so far. Yes I drive alot! Time for another oil change soon, K&N needs cleaned and charged, and probably a mini-drain of the tranny. Where does that leave time for hunting?Sweet!Did you by chance go out and do a proper pad bedding and rotor seasoning? If not you should...

[keithvibe]

hold off on the resurfacing till you are ready to use them. If you resurface them now they will become pitted and rusted well before you are ready to use them

[nittanydoug]

They typically get a "hot" treatment....My mazda p5 liked brakes and you had to do that. It was a little more of a spirited drivers car.

[Old Tele man]

+1 on KeithVibe's comment!

[nittanydoug]

good call on the waiting. I'll have to get them up in my attic and off the garage floor so they don't get more rust. They weren't in bad shape but I like new/new surface rotors with new pads.

[MarkM04]

They may have been factory pads.I have 150k miles on my stock pads and rotors. Brakes last a long time if you know how to drive.

[nittanydoug]

I might have to take a look at my front left. I'm getting a wierd vibration/sound when I brake with any force now that it's been a bit.

[03VibeOttawa]

Quote, originally posted by MarkM04 »They may have been factory pads.I have 150k miles on my stock pads and rotors. Brakes last a long time if you know how to drive.+1 - me too, nearly all city driving as well.

[heartfire9]

I have 135K on my 2005 and just had the pads done for the first time. I have driven alot of freeway miles, but also don't ride the brakes. Just had back surgery, not doing any maintainence myself right now.

[Sublimewind]

Quote, originally posted by nittanydoug »I might have to take a look at my front left. I'm getting a wierd vibration/sound when I brake with any force now that it's been a bit.Did you torque your lug nuts when you put things together? I've proven to myself it's FAR more difficult to warp a rotor, when the lugs are properly torqued to spec... This holds true for warping one as well, if one or more of the lugs is torqued more than the others, if the rotor gets hot, the lugs can actually help "pull" a rotor out of straight with the stresses it puts on the hub.. I usually stress having even a 20$ torque wrench in the tool box for lugs.. I have one JUST for lugs, it's not accurate for nothing, but as long as you are CLOSE to the proper torque and the torque is EVEN between the lugs, you'll be far less likely to warp a rotor.. ALSO, if you are new to alloy wheels, the lugs can loosen over time, especially when torquing them to the proper torque (76ft.lbs)Good luck, Cheers..

[nittanydoug]

I did and always do use a torque wrench on my lugs to the proper spec. I'm pretty sure it's not a warped rotor as these were brand new. For whatever reason, the sound/vibration is gone. Maybe that pad just didn't set in as quick as the other. I thought I had given them a good going over.Time for winter wheels this week I think so I'll have a peak in there just for giggles. I'll also take a look at the left rear (drum) as I have an annoying squeek when I let off the brake pedal.

[Sublimewind]

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