If you have rust on only one side of the rotor, you have caliper
problems.  Rotors are made with Detroit's wonder metal, CAST IRON.
Cast iron rusts. Unless, of course, you dropped the bucks for the
berylium-copper ones or the graphite composite ones.

What's the one on the other side look like?  Normal? Fix your caliper.

Jim

On Sunday, Aug 15, 2004, at 16:03 America/Vancouver, Eric Zeno wrote:

> Here is one for the record books.   I've had a set
> of new front brake rotors installed on my Vanagon Syncro,
> for about a year and a half.   These were a special deal
> from our most popular list vendor.  They are trash.
> These are obviously made of a material that rusts very
> badly.   The brake pads that were used with these rotors,
> are not even worn down half way, but the brake surface is
> all chewed up with rust on  mostly on the inside.  Anyone else
> have this problem?  How long did your Syncro brake job,
> with new rotors last?  The previous rotor were at least 4
> years old.   My other Syncro sat for 10 years and these rotors
> are still in good condition, withc I drive every week.
>
>                                       Eric
>
>
Leopards break into the temple and drink to the dregs what is in the
sacrificial pitchers; this is repeated over and over again; finally it
can be calculated in advance, and it becomes part of the ceremony.
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