I haven't turned rotors for abou 15 years, I just buy new. My luck in the past with turned rotors was they would warp much easier. Also, I found if the hub had any rust, you have to clean it really well to get it to seat properly and true. I'm a bit lazy too, I like working with new clean parts.
Ed 300E 2009/9/15 Peter Hertzing <phertz...@gmail.com> > Okay All > > This weekend I replaced brakes on Saturday morning on my 97 volvo 960 185K. > Pulled the rear rotors and they had a large ridge (big enough to get really > close to the caliper). Clearly they were the never turned factory rotors > with 185,000 miles. Pulled em off and drove to my local bumper to bumper > (best of the evil parts empire in my town). They said - we don't turn > rotors anymore, but I'll sell you new one for almost the same price as > turning them. Pulled the new ones and they were about twice the price as > turning them, and when we pulled out the micrometer, were actually thinner > then the old ones. I said no thanks. Drove all around town and finally > found a Midas to turn my old rotors. All of the parts stores would sell me > new ones, but didn't turn them anymore, even the stores like NAPA that > primarily cater to repair shops would no longer turn rotors. > > Anybody else experience this lately? What are every ones thoughts on new > vs. turning the old. On all of my Lincoln towncar limos the cheap parts > store replacements rotors last for about 25K without warping and they are > then to thin to turn. If I order the rotors from ford, the last about 75K, > which in limo land is only about 18 months. > > Thanks for Listening. > > Peter > > P.S. the rotors were well within specs for turning. > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090915/34c3f3eb/attachment.html > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090915/cf2ce3de/attachment.html> _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
