Okay, I just got done doing a long list of jobs to the 'Rex yesterday & today. Replaced the rear bearings (finally) and it drives nice & quiet now. That's the good news, now the bad news: I replaced the front rotors with Brembo's and slapped in some ceramic pads as well and the rotors are scarring!
When I was installing the rotors, the calipers didn't want to sit properly over the Brembo's in that the outer part of the caliper was rubbing the rotor. I pulled the caliper and got out the Dremel and ground down about a millimeter of mostly rust, then it cleared no problem. After the first drive, I heard a *slight* rubbing noise which I figured to be break-in sounds, then I checked the rotors and noticed two distinct scars in the outer side of each rotor about 3/4 away from the inner part of the rotor, not exactly where the caliper was originally rubbing (inside's fine on both BTW). What the hell? Are the Brembos too thick?! Have I destroyed the rotors in the 20 or so miles I drove it today? George '89 DX-Hybrid-D16Z6, 124k miles "Seats, Suspension, Engine, MSD, next=dyno"
