I bought a pair of rotors on ebay and one showed up like this.....





Is this now a paperweight ? Even if it can be fixed is it worth trying to use ? I hate to give up on a rotor I just bought.

 

I am not an expert by any means, but let me ask you thins, how much did this rotor cost you? what motor is it for? what weight letter is stamped on it?

 

Rotor was aprox. $60, it is for my 84 gsl-se, and it is a letter D rotor.

 

Same thing happened to me

I decided to get another set.

 

I'd just search for another rotor. It'll cost you that much to get it machined *if* it's salvageable.

 

Honestly that doesn't look all that salvageable...

To bend that back and then re machine it would probably not help the damage done.

I would sandblast it, paint it and sell it as a demo rotor and then get a new one to be safe.

 

I'd be asking the seller for my money back; it was either damaged during shipping (and therefore inadequately packed) or it was damaged before shipping, and therefore should not have been sold without full disclosure.

I'd never use that part, sorry; even if you got it "fixed" it's permanently weakened., and fitment at the corner/side seal junction is critical for compression.

 

It's a bookend. Contact the seller and see what you can work out with them.

 

I'm with DivinDriver. They always look cool painted up and sitting on a shelf.

 

letter stamp doesnt matter. they grade by batch, so a D rotor in 1984 might be a different weight from a D rotor in 1994.

actually i think i have a pair of rotors from a gsl-se motor in the garage.

 

I vote: cup holder

 

Thanks for all the replies, It looks like I've got another fancy paperweight/bookend/clock. I contacted the seller and it looks like i'm going to get a refund for the rotor since it was packed improperly. I figured It was junk, but I thought i'd get another opinion. I contacted atkins today and it looks like i've got another one on the way.

 

Glad to hear the seller manned up. I found out the hard way how easily the corners can dent and even a small ding is hard to try and straighten.

 

you should see the box mazda designed to ship new ones, its neat

 

Post a pic, maybe that will help shippers in the future. I've wondered what the best way to to package rotors for safe shipping is.

 

id say best way would be carve out the shape of the rotor out of a styrofoam block so that the rotor sits nice and tight in there?? what do you think?

 

its the exact extra precaution that rotor heads need to take

 

I second seeing the packaging for future reference.

 

I thought this is how Mazda packaged the rotor.. in a box with a hard cardboard ring that tightly fits the rotor as well as the box so there is no movement or banging around of the rotor during shipment. http://www.rotaryresponse.com/rotors/148023rotors.jpg

 

yep thats it. bottom and top are double thickness, with the cutout for that circular thing. circular thing holds the rotor and fits into the top and bottom portions.

so the rotor tips are at least 1/2" away from the edges.

the main box is also heavier duty than a "normal" mazda box

 

That's a doorstop. I don't know what's with people not able to ship rotor motors. I shipped an entire 12a disassembled from CA to MI. Just use a lot of free newspapers from the laundry mart and free cardboard boxes from work's copy room.