Front Brake Rotor Warp

[bobfeeney]

break rotors

i got bad news for you, brp,,, will not stand behind the . rotors or pads.after 1500 miles i called the canadian BRP"S and they refused to stand behind the rotors. noooootttt warenteed mine is a 2015 RTS. they told me to go to their gold star mechanics in Red wing and the mechnac called the person i was dealing with @ brp. and said i was imagining the heavy surging on my right front break.. guess what brp called me and said that i must have really been breaking hard to cause what ever im feeling with the rotor. com on after driving for 50 years i sure as heck know when a rotor warps in a veichle and with out looking at the rotors . just by driving a veichle i can tell you wich rotor is bad.. just a lot of experance..Brp refuses to cover what they knew was a downfall... by the way the GOLD dealer ship charged me 185.00 to call brp on their findings.. do i like my rts? yes but you have to be willing to cover all the maintenance for your self or learn to doo all the work your self. and i know that is not feeseable for all people. we all have diffrent gifts in life.

 

[Easy Rider]

i got bad news for you, brp,,, will not stand behind the . rotors or pads.after 1500 miles i called the canadian BRP"S and they refused to stand behind the rotors. noooootttt warenteed mine is a 2015 RTS.

Pretty much standard practice in the WHOLE automotive industry.
Why would you expect BRP to be any different ??

 

[BajaRon]

Pretty much standard practice in the WHOLE automotive industry.
Why would you expect BRP to be any different ??

Exactly. Not out of the ordinary and to be expected. What is not expected is that so many rotors are going bad. This is the real rub.

 

[Easy Rider]

Exactly. Not out of the ordinary and to be expected. What is not expected is that so many rotors are going bad. This is the real rub.

You are in a MUCH better position to know if the percentage really is high than most of the rest of us.

But I am always a bit skeptical of drawing a conclusion based ONLY on reports in a forum like this because it ALWAYS makes any problem look worse than it probably IS because the thousands of owners who have had NO problem have no incentive to come here and report that.

I went through the same thing many years back with GM and a Caddy. Turned the drums twice. Replaced with a set of OEMs.....guess what, yep went bad again. Just bad product. Was I just unlucky (which seems to happen a LOT) or was it a universally bad product that GM failed to acknowledge ? I suspect the latter but had no good way to prove it at the time.

 

[BajaRon]

You are in a MUCH better position to know if the percentage really is high than most of the rest of us.

But I am always a bit skeptical of drawing a conclusion based ONLY on reports in a forum like this because it ALWAYS makes any problem look worse than it probably IS because the thousands of owners who have had NO problem have no incentive to come here and report that.

I went through the same thing many years back with GM and a Caddy. Turned the drums twice. Replaced with a set of OEMs.....guess what, yep went bad again. Just bad product. Was I just unlucky (which seems to happen a LOT) or was it a universally bad product that GM failed to acknowledge ? I suspect the latter but had no good way to prove it at the time.

I probably have more of a finger on the pulse on this subject than most. But I can't claim a view of the big picture. Still, motorcycle rotors are something that should normally last the life of the vehicle, IMHO. I've owned a good number of motorcycles and rode with a fair number of other MC owners. Other than actual racing or an accident. I don't remember anyone having to replace a rotor. Nor have I had to replace an EBC rotor for any customer due to warpage from normal use. This after some customers had destroyed one or even 2 sets of OEM rotors before coming to me.

I have had to replace some EBC rotors for another reason that no longer exists. But that really does not fit this discussion.

And that's all I am trying to add to this thread. Just input. Everyone needs to come to their own conclusions as to why this is.

 

[UtahPete]

Anybody know the torque specs for the front wheels on 2013 ST Limited?

Someone asking on Facebook (when will they ever learn...?) :roflblack:

 

[DGoebel]

Let me look at my Green Manual for them.....:sour:
105 N-m