legacycentral bbs

Last week i had a horrible screeching grinding noise coming from the back of the car when under braking pressure, so i just assumed my pads were worn. WEll i took the car into the local sube shop, and it turned out that it had the wrong rotors on there, (NA rotors) and that when the pads wore down to a certain point that one of the pads had actually fallen out. He had the vented turbo rotors in stock. So what started out as a 50 dollar fix quickly turned into a 150 dollar fix. My question is, did i get jerked around or was he being legit in telling me it was the wrong rotors that caused the pads to malfunction. Thanks.

I'm assuming this is for you 94' SS. If so, yes, you have vented rotors front and rear. The no turbo models had solid rotors in the back.

Trying to run a solid disk in a vented bracket/caliper will easily created problems. I'm surprised you didn't lose a caliper piston seal, blow fluid everywhere, and lose your brakes. I lost a pad on an old car, not a suby, and sh*t got ugly quick... the call it an emergency brake for a reason .

Glad you got it fixed though with minimal damage.