Here are some new pics of the now cleaned rotors and I also wired the flaking in the housing it looks good now what do you think?

As for my forst Question could I use the seals and springs again?

What would be the round plastic or rubber things called that are inside the corner seals?


Hey thanks for the Advise. I have been losing sleep over this so bear with me.

 

OK, you apparently don't want to listen to all of the advice because all you can see are the immediate dollar signs and not the bigger ones down the road that this will cost you.

You should be able to find a decent used housing for under 100, I do frequently. You do NOT want to reuse that housing or ANY of the old springs or rubber seals. Those have to be new. As far as the hard seals, side seals are almost always reuseable, even if they show some wear, the can be flipped over as long as the height is within spec. Apex seals can be reused, if within specs, but whats the point, they are worn anyway.

Unless you are willing to buy the parts you need to do a proper rebuild, buy a gasket kit, put the engine back together with the same parts in the same place and live with a crap motor.

You guys drive me nuts beating a dead horse to death, over and over, and not cowboying up to the reality of your situation. You need a better housing and at the present time, there is no reliable repair for it, PERIOD. Deal with it and get over it.

 

I think that Trochoid is starting to loose his patience and his cool along with his age lol ... But ya i'm with them, how fast do you need the car back on the road? how long can it take to make 100$? No offence ... but seirously let say you save up a few bucks now and get it running then a year later you'll spend that money again, well might aswell spend that money now so you don't have to worry about it for another 10-20 years depending on your driving

 

You can wire brush that housing all you want and it's still WORN OUT!

 

Dude, the same thing has been re-iterated many times in this thread, but let me recap once more.

1. That housing has irreparable damage. The damage is NOT REPAIRABLE. It cannot be repaired. (for less than the cost of a new housing. One place strips all the old chrome off and re-coats it with Cermet coating, but as I said, it costs more than a new housing in most cases).

2. For a budget build that you don't care about blowing in a short amount of time, that housing is still usable, though it is highly recommended that you do not use it. Using that housing would work at first, but the flaking would continue to get worse quickly, which would prematurely wear down the new apex seals on that rotor (at best) and in a worst case scenario could lead to seal failure which could do enough damage to the rotor to render your nice, newly clearanced rotor un-usable.

3. The best option is to just bite the bullet, keep the car out of commission a little longer and look for another, better housing. Used housings can be had once in a while, check the for-sale section. I just picked up a pair of housings with less than 7k miles on them for a good price last week. You can even create a WTB (want to buy) thread in the for-sale section advertising that you want to buy a 12a rotor housing with no chrome flaking. If you can't find used, then you'll have to buy a new one, but the only thing that changes is time. If you want it NOW, used may not be available, if you can wait, used ones will come along.


Remember : Performance, Reliability, Price - Choose any two.

Jon