Warped Front Disc Rotors

[eldan89]

Hi Everyone, I'm new to these forums. I have a 1999 IS200 Luxury and noticed vibration's from the front wheels under breaking (especially heavy breaking) from 70km/h+. Today I jacked the car up and it turns out my front right rotor is slightly warped, when i spin the wheel it snags on a certain part of the rotor and the wheel stops spinning after a couple revolutions.

Now is it safe to be driving round with a slightly warped rotor? Will this cause bigger problems if i keep driving on it? From what I understand both front rotors need to be replaced as well as pads, is this correct?

Any help would be greatly appreciated

Thanks,

Elliot

[DINO]

Hi Everyone, I'm new to these forums. I have a 1999 IS200 Luxury and noticed vibration's from the front wheels under breaking (especially heavy breaking) from 70km/h+. Today I jacked the car up and it turns out my front right rotor is slightly warped, when i spin the wheel it snags on a certain part of the rotor and the wheel stops spinning after a couple revolutions.

Now is it safe to be driving round with a slightly warped rotor? Will this cause bigger problems if i keep driving on it? From what I understand both front rotors need to be replaced as well as pads, is this correct?

Any help would be greatly appreciated

Thanks,

Elliot

Hi it could be that the caliper has seized. The front is a two pot caliper and one of them could be seized, hence the warping. And yes replace the pads and rotors, once the issue has been rectified.

[eldan89]

Hi Everyone, I'm new to these forums. I have a 1999 IS200 Luxury and noticed vibration's from the front wheels under breaking (especially heavy breaking) from 70km/h+. Today I jacked the car up and it turns out my front right rotor is slightly warped, when i spin the wheel it snags on a certain part of the rotor and the wheel stops spinning after a couple revolutions.

Now is it safe to be driving round with a slightly warped rotor? Will this cause bigger problems if i keep driving on it? From what I understand both front rotors need to be replaced as well as pads, is this correct?

Any help would be greatly appreciated

Thanks,

Elliot

Hi it could be that the caliper has seized. The front is a two pot caliper and one of them could be seized, hence the warping. And yes replace the pads and rotors, once the issue has been rectified.

How do i tell if the caliper is seized? After going for a test drive I noticed that one caliper is slightly hotter than the other, is that because of the rotor or a seized caliper?

[Lexus2D]

Im no expert far from it DOH

But mine did this especialy when on slip road comeing of motorway

I replaced disks & Pads & all is ok now ;)

[DINO]

Hi Everyone, I'm new to these forums. I have a 1999 IS200 Luxury and noticed vibration's from the front wheels under breaking (especially heavy breaking) from 70km/h+. Today I jacked the car up and it turns out my front right rotor is slightly warped, when i spin the wheel it snags on a certain part of the rotor and the wheel stops spinning after a couple revolutions.

Now is it safe to be driving round with a slightly warped rotor? Will this cause bigger problems if i keep driving on it? From what I understand both front rotors need to be replaced as well as pads, is this correct?

Any help would be greatly appreciated

Thanks,

Elliot

Hi it could be that the caliper has seized. The front is a two pot caliper and one of them could be seized, hence the warping. And yes replace the pads and rotors, once the issue has been rectified.

How do i tell if the caliper is seized? After going for a test drive I noticed that one caliper is slightly hotter than the other, is that because of the rotor or a seized caliper?

I would say if one rotor is hot than the other and there is more brake dust on the alloy, compared to the other side, you have a seized caliper. Its a fairly common issue.

[eldan89]

Hi Everyone, I'm new to these forums. I have a 1999 IS200 Luxury and noticed vibration's from the front wheels under breaking (especially heavy breaking) from 70km/h+. Today I jacked the car up and it turns out my front right rotor is slightly warped, when i spin the wheel it snags on a certain part of the rotor and the wheel stops spinning after a couple revolutions.

Now is it safe to be driving round with a slightly warped rotor? Will this cause bigger problems if i keep driving on it? From what I understand both front rotors need to be replaced as well as pads, is this correct?

Any help would be greatly appreciated

Thanks,

Elliot

Hi it could be that the caliper has seized. The front is a two pot caliper and one of them could be seized, hence the warping. And yes replace the pads and rotors, once the issue has been rectified.

How do i tell if the caliper is seized? After going for a test drive I noticed that one caliper is slightly hotter than the other, is that because of the rotor or a seized caliper?

I would say if one rotor is hot than the other and there is more brake dust on the alloy, compared to the other side, you have a seized caliper. Its a fairly common issue.

I removed the wheel today and checked the disc, the inner side has worn away and extra 1.5 mm compared to the outer side which leads me to believe that the caliper is seizing. Also the disc has thickness variations of upto 1.5 mm on each side :S