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Bad Rear Brake Drums from Napa
I recently had new rear brake drums and brakes installed on my 99 dodge
caravan.They made my van shack like hell braking down hills.A second set of drums were installed and they vibrated more than the first set.All the other brake parts are fine.Has any one else had problems with Napa brake drums? These were Made in China and they were the more expensive drums. Rick Yerke 101 William St PO Box 392 Moscow Pa. 18444 USA |
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Rick Yerke wrote in message: "I recently had new rear brake drums and brakes
installed on my 99 dodge caravan.They made my van shack like hell braking down hills.A second set of drums were installed and they vibrated more than the first set.All the other brake parts are fine.Has any one else had problems with Napa brake drums? These were Made in China and they were the more expensive drums." I had bad disc and drums from NAPA, O'Reilly's and Autozone. I now ask them to turn them before I bring them home. Several had high spots that would have caused excessive vibration and wear even brand new. Have the drums turned should solve your problem. Sarge |
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"Rick Yerke" > wrote in message ... > I recently had new rear brake drums and brakes installed on my 99 dodge > caravan.They made my van shack like hell braking down hills.A second set of > drums were installed and they vibrated more than the first set.All the > other brake parts are fine.Has any one else had problems with Napa brake > drums? These were Made in China and they were the more expensive drums. > > Rick Yerke > 101 William St > PO Box 392 > Moscow Pa. 18444 > USA It makes a big difference where and how to store these drums/disk on the shelf, they can warp in the box beleive it or not |
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maxpower wrote:
> > It makes a big difference where and how to store these drums/disk on the > shelf, they can warp in the box beleive it or not Please explain. Bill Putney (To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my adddress with the letter 'x') |
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"Bill Putney" > wrote in message ... > maxpower wrote: > > > > It makes a big difference where and how to store these drums/disk on the > > shelf, they can warp in the box beleive it or not > > Please explain. > > Bill Putney > (To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my > adddress with the letter 'x') I'm talking experience Bill, Our parts department used to stack rotors and drums on top of each other, several together. We would install them and find the pulsation was really bad, we were charging the parts department the labor to machine them.. then they finally got smart and stored them differently and the warped rotors and drums stopped. not sure if the shelves they had them on were flimsy and caused this, you would have to ask someone who specializes in metal that question. |
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On Sat, 02 Apr 2005 08:49:04 -0500, Bill Putney >
wrote: >maxpower wrote: >> >> It makes a big difference where and how to store these drums/disk on the >> shelf, they can warp in the box beleive it or not > >Please explain. > >Bill Putney >(To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my >adddress with the letter 'x') Drums are to be stored flat, not on edge. Rotors to be stored on edge, not flat. Used to be the boxes were labelled. That said, chinese metalurgy leaves just a wee bit to be desired - and it is not out of the ordinary to have drums that are round when cold, and eccentric when warmed up. The Canadian made drums and rotors are quite often much better quality, but it is not unheard of to have bad ones from ANY manufacturer. They are finish ground while still "green". In years past, they were "aged" before final machining/grinding. |
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Bad Rear Brake Drums from Napa
2016. Bought rear brake drums from Oreilly. They were warped. Got another set also warped. Absolute garbage. Got a set from Napa. Also warped. Taking them back. These are on a 94 Chevy pickup C1500. Put the old drums back on and they are smooth. China. Never had problems with brake parts from these stores before.A bad run maybe? It is a thorough pain doing this numerous times.
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