Miata Mailing List: July 1993, Message #43
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   From: Ken Warren 
Subject: Re: My new Miata
   Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1993 18:14:47 -0400



On Tue, 6 Jul 1993, Andy Poling wrote:

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> This reminds me.  All four of my brake disks are rusting - primarily
> because my garage roof leaks and it is often damp in there (and the poor
> car just sits there most of the time).  I'm 28 months and 15K miles into
> my warrantee.  Should I be able to get this fixed under warrantee?  Opinions?

Andy, Andy, Andy... :-{)

You surely don't think your rotors are made from stainless steel, do you?
No, they're plain old carbon steel or iron (I can't remember which for the
Miata, but both have been used in the past). Just take it out and (gently)
wear off the rust against the brake pads.

--
Ken

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