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The other day I was changing a flat in a parking lot and a guy stopped to chat. When the tire was off he said that my rotors looked “thin” and they needed to be replaced or resurfaced. Can someone actually tell that by looking? I was thinking someone would need to take measurements to determine this. I have been hearing some squeals a bit from my breaks but I was not sure if I had already wore down the pads or this could also be the rotors.
What are your thoughts?
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I am not sure if someone could just look and tell unless they were crazy thin. Maybe a real mechanic could since they work with it so much but im not sure.
You can call around and find a parts store in your area that will resurface rotors. This will do two things, 1 they will measure them first and find out if they are in fact “too thin” . To have your rotors redone they have to be at least so thick to make them safe. Two if they are a safe thickness they will have the surface redone and you will have a nice redone rotor.Most places will do this for free and in my area the only places that does this is O’Reilly’s. They will let you bring it in and they will measure it with a special tool.
Worst case you have to buy new rotors, but they are pretty cheap so its not really a big deal.
When it comes to the break sounds you can hear, it might be time to replace your pads and rotors. You will just need to do a visual inspection for that. Just look to see if the pads are getting close to the metal tab.
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