[DeTomaso] Mustang rotor swap question?

[MikeLDrew at aol.com]

In a message dated 7/22/08 17 27 4, chrisvkimball at msn.com writes:


> One other thing I forgot to mention, my car has an embarrassing squeak 
> which gets louder after hard braking.  I took it over to Doug's house and we took 
> a look and it appears the diameter of the Mustang rotors is a tiny bit 
> larger than stock so the outer edge of the rotor rubs slightly and makes a small 
> whine.  I hope it soon wears down enough to cause it to stop.  It's 
> embarrassing driving a cool car that sounds as if there's a cat stuck underneath...
> 

You mean the rotor is smaller than stock, don't you?

It could simply be that you have aggressive brake pads which will squeak 
under light braking.   If the top edge of the pad is hanging past the end of the 
rotor as I suspect, you could also remove the pads and chamfer the top edge.

Mke


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