can this be reused?
03-08-06, 09:37 PM
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can this be reused?
ok can this part of my car can be reused or do i have to get new ones? dont flame for not saying the name of the part i for get.
03-08-06, 10:07 PM
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the rust can be sanded off the brake rotor. rotor can be salvaged if it isn't too thin, clymer's, clhilton's has minimum specs or take it to an auto parts place for measuremnt with a micrometer.
the brake caliper looks really corroded.
Was Reagan in office when that car was left abandoned 1/2 sub merged in the muddy field.
the brake caliper looks really corroded.
Was Reagan in office when that car was left abandoned 1/2 sub merged in the muddy field.
03-08-06, 10:22 PM
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Use a dial caliper to measure the width of the rotor and then compare it with the minimum specs per the above or any shop manual, while you're at it remove the caliper and check that the piston retracts easily, or that may need a rebuild/replace.
03-09-06, 12:21 PM
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Dude, I wouldn't even bother to re-use that rotor. If you use it, you'll just be replacing it before the end of the season anyway, and your pads will have worn to fit this rotor (which probably has pitting because of the rust) so you'll have to break them in again on the new rotors.
When it comes to brakes, I'm always for "do it right the first time". When I did the brake job on my car that had been sitting 5 yrs, I replaced EVERYTHING. Pads, calipers, rotors, hoses, some of the metal lines, master cyl, all the little clippy things, and of course all the fluid.
I don't want to find out that I made the wrong call about using that old brake rotor when I'm heading into a corner at 80km/h. Things like that make people end up upside-down in the ditch.
Jon
When it comes to brakes, I'm always for "do it right the first time". When I did the brake job on my car that had been sitting 5 yrs, I replaced EVERYTHING. Pads, calipers, rotors, hoses, some of the metal lines, master cyl, all the little clippy things, and of course all the fluid.
I don't want to find out that I made the wrong call about using that old brake rotor when I'm heading into a corner at 80km/h. Things like that make people end up upside-down in the ditch.
Jon
03-09-06, 04:05 PM
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^ And maybe the backing plate.
When it comes to brakes, I'm always for "do it right the first time". When I did the brake job on my car that had been sitting 5 yrs, I replaced EVERYTHING. Pads, calipers, rotors, hoses, some of the metal lines, master cyl, all the little clippy things, and of course all the fluid.
You make me look terribly lazy.
And if you are changing all of that might as well at least repack the bearing if not replace them.
Originally Posted by vipernicus42
When it comes to brakes, I'm always for "do it right the first time". When I did the brake job on my car that had been sitting 5 yrs, I replaced EVERYTHING. Pads, calipers, rotors, hoses, some of the metal lines, master cyl, all the little clippy things, and of course all the fluid.
And if you are changing all of that might as well at least repack the bearing if not replace them.
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