front rotors warped so soon?

[05singlecabHEMI]

On my 2008 Charger my front rotors were warped so i got new rotors and break pads. drive back they were fine. my sister was the driver so i never drove it untill she left for college. they dont even have 10k miles on the rotors/breaks and they feel like they are warped. i havnt taken them off to really examine them but i noticed 2 small cracks in them vertically. kinda squiggly looking. now from my understanding that would indicate they put the wrong rotors on in the front and caused them to crack. car barely sees highway driving. breaks have plenty beef on them. anythought on why it coulda warped them so soon? im gonna pull them off soon and take them to where we had them done.
any input appreciated. hopfully i can either get my money back or get a new pair of rotors.

also, shakes steering wheel, when they get hot shakes worse.
thanks
Nick

[AWE Daniel]

Man these heavy trucks eat through front rotors, I wouldn't be surprised if they were bad already, mine are starting to go after about a year, cheap Napa rotors

[05singlecabHEMI]

oh no this is for the charger. lol.

i went 60k miles on my truck rotors and were able to be machined when i got new breaks.

[03MopaRamman]

I recommend grooved rotors and ceramic pads and you'll be fine. The cost is not much more than the OEM's. My 05 Magnum has 30K miles and no shakes, but I do not live in the city nor brake hard.

[SmokedRam]

Since they were cracked, I would think it is merely a manufacturer defect. I have always ran Advance rotors with no probs.

[05singlecabHEMI]

they are grooved and ceramin pads.

[BAD HABIT]

hot brakes, cold puddles from rain?....

[NOTPAID4]

On my 2006 Magnum SRT I had to have new pads at 7,000 miles under warranty and then again at 8,000 miles; and the rotors were also SHOT and with only 8,000 miles. After several arguments with the dealer then ended up putting on new 2010 style SRT slotted rotors and again new pads. Of course being an SRT these are BREMBOS! Thankfully no problems since. Currently it has 11,071 miles just now backing it into the garage.

[05singlecabHEMI]

hot brakes, cold puddles from rain?....

no rain, no water for days. i just have a feeling they put the wrong damn size on them.

[Redtruck-VA]

I have found proper torquing the wheels often keeps the rotors from warping. Brake pad break in is also important.

[05singlecabHEMI]

yea i just torqued the wheels today. they were off. but didnt make to much of a difference.

[Storm Rider]

Hope you can get this issue fixed soon.

[05singlecabHEMI]

yea im gonna tackle it tomorrow. gonna take both rotors off and then post some pics here and see what yall think...

[UnderCover]

It's gotta be a defect or the wrong rotors. I've got 31K miles on my original pads/rotors, and there's only a very slight "shimmy" i'll call it with hard breaking. Never had any issues with the brakes at all.

[05singlecabHEMI]

okay took the wheel off this morning. both rotors had cracks in them. and when spinning the rotor it caught friction right at the cracks. took to to where we got them on, warrenty covered them free of charge. also found out that the tirods are going bad. had a good little bit of play in them. $28 dollar piece and they wanted $300 for them to do it. nope! so gonna search for a DIY on replacing the tie rods.
no more shaking or anything! anyone know where i can find a DIY on tirrods?

thanks for yalls help!

[Fla 66 cuda]

Auto zone has diy area on their site maybe DSM has a tech section,basicly you remove the end from the spindle count the turns as you unscrew it reinstall the new one and go to alignment shop replace anything else while your under there.

[SmokedRam]

Something I do when I have done tie rods is take some white paint and paint a line on the threads right after the collar of the tie rod...so you know right where it goes.

[Fla 66 cuda]

That works Adam cause i have forgot how many turns sometimes.

[SmokedRam]

That works Adam cause i have forgot how many turns sometimes.

Yeah man...I hear ya

[05singlecabHEMI]

yea, i know that much, i should be getting it done sometime in the next day or 2. i wasnt gonna pay $300 for something i should get to learn how to do lol.

[UnderCover]

anyone know where i can find a DIY on tirrods?

!

Ask, and ye shall receive...

http://www.lxforums.com/board/f140/how-inner-outer-tie-rod-replacement-226758/

[05singlecabHEMI]

Ask, and ye shall receive...

http://www.lxforums.com/board/f140/how-inner-outer-tie-rod-replacement-226758/

sweet! thank you very much man! i saw a couple but that is the best one ive seen. this is why i love forums. and doing it myself saves me about $200! haha.

thanks for everyones help again!

[UnderCover]

LXforums and chargerforums.com have some great write ups for the LX/LC platforms

[05singlecabHEMI]

so just got finished with the tierod! just used a hammer to knock it out. we perfect! not a single oop, except when i spilt my water. took the charger up to 90 and not a wabble or anything, getting new tires soon so probably going to wait on an alignment untill then. so in the past week got brand new front rotors and break pads, which i believe they put a better set then before, and put in a new tierod. All this for $30.18. thank you all for the help!

[SmokedRam]

sweet!!! This is your one stop Mopar shop!!!