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Grooved rotors replace?

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Engel

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Hi everyone. I have a set of 13" drilled and slotted rotors with hawk street pads for a few years now. I ordered a new set of hawk street pads, but I noticed there are symmetrical grooves where the brake pads contact. Is this normal wear? There is still pad left. Should I replace the rotors? (id rather not, rotors are quite pricey).
 

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Engel said:
Hi everyone. I have a set of 13" drilled and slotted rotors with hawk street pads for a few years now. I ordered a new set of hawk street pads, but I noticed there are symmetrical grooves where the brake pads contact. Is this normal wear? There is still pad left. Should I replace the rotors? (id rather not, rotors are quite pricey).
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If the rotors are grooved pretty well you should probably get them cut. Its possible to cut drilled and slotted rotors but you need to find a shop that will take the time to do it. You need to go slower or they will go through bits like crazy.
 

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Probably pretty hard to get those cut. How much of a groove are we talking about? Most rotors warp after they are cut so usually it's better to just shove new.pads on them and deal with a little pad wear. There are also some decent replacement rotors on ebay. Usually I'm not into that sort of thing but I know a lot of people who have boight those ebay rotors and had good luck.

Kurt
 
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