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SuperCheyenne72 · 05-28-2008, 05:09 AM

My brake light has been off and on for a month now and it just went solid red this past week. I've been too lazy to bend over and visually inspect them until today. I notice my driver side pads are fine, but my passenger side has a nice fingernail deep groove in the rotor.

Does the rotor need to be replaced now or can it be machined out?
Will the rotor be fine if I just replaced the pads, or could the groove act as a nifty little cooling function just like those rotors I see with the holes in them?

05-28-2008, 05:09 AM	#1
SuperCheyenne72 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Dallas, TX USA Posts: 80	How Bad Are My Brakes? My brake light has been off and on for a month now and it just went solid red this past week. I've been too lazy to bend over and visually inspect them until today. I notice my driver side pads are fine, but my passenger side has a nice fingernail deep groove in the rotor. Does the rotor need to be replaced now or can it be machined out? Will the rotor be fine if I just replaced the pads, or could the groove act as a nifty little cooling function just like those rotors I see with the holes in them? __________________ '72 Super Cheyenne LWB 350 V8 w/ TH400 MSD Pro Billet HEI Dist. w/ Splitfire plugs Edelbrock Performer Intake Manifold and dual exhuast glasspaks Edelbrock Performer 750 cfm

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