Is it normal for brake rotors to rust in the rain?

[mooseracing]

Originally posted by: Bignate603

I had this on a set of aluminum rims and steel lug nuts on my Cherokee. .

Very common on alot of vehicles. Tire shops and other should use anti seize on teh lug nuts and after cleaning the back of the rim and the face of the mouting area on the rotor, I also apply a small amount there. Not enough to fling out onto the rotors though. Fixes the problem easily.

Originally posted by: Bignate603
I took it to my mechanic who went at it with a torch, a sledge, a wrench on a 10 foot piece of pipe, an impact hammer, and a set of drill bits (I think he was on bit number 5 by the time he stopped, they kept breaking). Apparently Cherokee drive train components are made of gundanium.

To get the lug nuts off they had to open up the differential and slide the whole axle shaft out of axle tube, and then cut off the back of the studs with a grinder. They then took a metal spike and a sledge hammer and popped each stud through.

Not to piss you off but sounds like your mechanic needs to learn how to use his torch. He could have easily melted the lug nuts off without damaging the rim. Not to mention using a true carbide or cobalt drill could have went through the nuts. But most people won't wait and spin there drill below 100rpm to do it properly.

I familiar with full size trucks manual hubs, but on some vehicles you can remove the spindle nut, and unbolt the caliber and pull the rim and rotor off. Of course I fubared my spindle and used my torch to cut the rotor in pieces to get everything off.


one other question, most if not all front axles have a u-joint at the outside before the knuckle, how did they push the complete axle out with out taking the spindle off as well? Or is jeep setup differently?

Originally posted by: evident

:Q at pics

toyota has been doing that for at least 20 yrs. But they are high quality around there parts

 

[Erik Riblet]

Erik Riblet... This thread is like 10 years old so start a new one please...

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Bartman39

It's called crappy recycled import metal. Not held to U.S forging standards because it is too expensive.

I can let my car sit for a week with the stock rotors and no rust. My truck it took over a month on the stock rotors to develop rust and this was sitting outside everyday.

I’d rather have crappy recycled metal on my rotors that out perform your trucks than a crappy worthless domestic truck with “high forging standards “ grampa .

 

[Yuriman]

Meanwhile I buy my rotors for $5 on RockAuto and toss them every few years when the salt eats them.

 

[Midwayman]

I wonder if he knows he replied to insult someone on a thread a decade old?