well, heres the deal. I got some pretty new pads on the front of my FC that wernt too cheap at $75 a pair. I put them on last year because the old pads squealed so loud, it would make your teeth fall out. so i just put them on with the old rotors. Anyhow, they are squealing again and i think its because my rotors are so shot and warped.
They have some brembo rotors for a pretty good price at the nopi online store, and my pads still have a lot of meat on them. i would like to save them and use them with the new rotors. You think i can get away with this?

http://www.nopionline.com/index.cfm?...0Disc&vaffid=0

the rotors.

 

Put a sheet of carbide sandpaper on a flat surface and put the old pad on the paper and move it around. You know what to do.This will remove the glaze and make the pad flat again, so it will reseat faster .

 

Yes, old pads on new rotors is fine.

Deglazing the pads might clear up the squealing with your current pads on the same rotors, but unless your old rotors are deeply grooved, it isn't really necessary.

-Max

 

Sorry MAX,
but I will have to go w/ duboisr on this one
- Sanding the pads will help the pads bed into & and condition the braking surface on the new rotors faster.

Old Pads on NEW rotors is generally no problem - But putting NEW (Diff compound) pads on OLD rotors can be a problem & the rotors should be resurfaced first (Sanded to a dull metalic finish at the least) before changing pad compounds.

 

yea, i have a belt sander around here somewhere. im sure that would work pretty good. I was thinking of do this to begin with, but i didnt know if i would be able to resurface the pad at so its parallel with the sanding surface. i guess il give it a shot.

 

If it is a high pitch squeal, then you need to put that sticky anti squeal stuff on the brake pads' back and the spacing shim. But if you are considering Bembo rotors, then you probably already knew that.