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Old Feb 17, 2008 | 02:29 PM
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Minimum Rotor Thickness?

Can anyone tell me what the min thicknesses are for the front and rear rotors? My dealer replaced the frons (20.3mm) but not the rears (9.1mm).
I'm at 34K and I figure I'll end up getting stuck doing the rears on my own.

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Old Feb 17, 2008 | 11:59 PM
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Originally Posted by emcguy
Can anyone tell me what the min thicknesses are for the front and rear rotors? My dealer replaced the frons (20.3mm) but not the rears (9.1mm).
I'm at 34K and I figure I'll end up getting stuck doing the rears on my own.

Thanks!
Should be printed on the edge of the rotors, but...

Bentley sez:

Front
New: 22mm
Wear Limit: 19mm

Rear:
New: 10mm
Wear Limit: 7mm

Oh, and when you do get around to doing the rotors, realize that the caliper carrier bolts (not the allens) and the Torx bolts are probably torqued north of 120lb/ft from the factory/last ******* who did the job...I had to use a breaker bar and gobs of penetrating oil to get them loose and off. Take your time and don't strip them. I can show you a nice picture of a shattered, from the inside-out, non-impact socket I created when doing this job.

Carrier bolts should be 81 lb/ft (front), 48 lb/ft (rear), rotor torx bolt should be 20 lb/ft.

- Matt
 

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Old May 31, 2009 | 02:59 PM
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TIS info

From TIS:
Front minimum thickness 20.4mm
Read minimum thickness 8.4mm
 
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Old May 31, 2009 | 03:17 PM
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After about 65K my fronts were down to about 16.5 mm.
 
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Old May 31, 2009 | 03:44 PM
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Unless your absolutly on a budget why bother getting them turned
you can find new rotors at a good price at a place like AutoZone.just a
thought.
 
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