On a car with disc brakes, what is the most likely symptom of a vehicle with rotors that measured out-of-spec for thickness variation when measured at several places on the rotor surface?
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Giving customers like me a heads-up about recommended maintenance will help us, and yourself.
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Some sources say you should never, ever plug a tire … despite the fact that trained professionals have been doing it for decades. We debate.