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Old 10-16-10, 03:45 PM
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ok so im doing a rebuild and building my s5 na to turbo engine. i disassembled the engine about ayear ago and am in the process of putting it back together. one problem i forgot to mark which rotor was the front and which one was the rear... i have looked alll over the rotors and i cant find any markings or anything on them to help indicate which one is the front or which oneis the rear. am i fucked now or does anyone have any advice, tips, pointers etc, thanks in advance
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It doesn't matter. You should see a letter stamped on the rotor, A-D. As long as those letters match or at least are one letter apart from each other you can put whichever rotor you want in there.
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front and rear only matters for 12a rotors cause they are LDR ( leading deep recess )

13b rotors are MDR ( middle deep recess )
and so are symmetric,, and can be used either position
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Thank you for the clarification.
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oh thank god. well i think madatrix rebuild video said labeling the front and rear rotor is a " very critical step" thanks for the clerification.
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labeling them is more important if you are reusing parts
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Originally Posted by alex91n/a
oh thank god. well i think madatrix rebuild video said labeling the front and rear rotor is a " very critical step" thanks for the clerification.
it is good practice to be able to put all the pieces back EXACTLY where they came from.
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Originally Posted by arghx
labeling them is more important if you are reusing parts
oh i see well im not reusing any of the seals just the rotors so i should be fine thanks for the help
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Originally Posted by j9fd3s
it is good practice to be able to put all the pieces back EXACTLY where they came from.
ahh i see well im definetly going to get into that practice next time thanks
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