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   From: Anyolmouse@invalid.invalid   
      
   "JohnB"  wrote in message   
   news:d77b9901-a06f-4409-910c-20a03cc72331@d77g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...   
   | I have a '03 Tacoma Doublecab Pre-Runner, V6.   
   | When the truck was about 11 months old the front rotors started to   
   | warp. So when the truck was only 1 year old I had to have the rotors   
   | replaced.   
   | Two years ago they began to warp again, and I was able to get them   
   | turned to fix the problem.  Now they're warped again.   
   |   
   | I'm going to do the front brakes myself... and replace the rotors   
   | while I'm at it.   
   |   
   | Anyone else have this problem, with the rotors warping?   
   | The service manager (a woman) at the Toyota dealer said it was my   
   | fault... "it must be the way I drive".  I'm 52 years old.  I've owned   
   | a lot of different vehicles in the last 34 years.  And NONE of them   
   | ever had the rotors warp.  And this one has done it 3 times.  I tried   
   | to explain to her that I don't brake any differently with this   
   | vehicle.   
   |   
   | I plan on using ceramic pads (because they have less dust).  Does   
   | anyone know if they are more, or less, likely to cause the rotors to   
   | warp?   
   | Are all rotors the same?  Are there any that are less prone to   
   | warping?   
   |   
   | Thanks   
      
   Have not had this problem on my '99 Tacoma but have experienced it on my   
   '00 GMC Safari van. According to a mechanic friend he has seen a lot of   
   this after people have their tires rotated. Lug nuts torqued uneven or   
   just too flimsy rotor material may be the problem. I have been rotating   
   the tires on the Tacoma myself since I include the spare and rotate more   
   often than my tire dealer will do it. I use a torque wrench set on 105   
   lbs.   
      
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