Can I use these rotors for rebuild?
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Can I use these rotors for rebuild?
I pull my motor a month ago, clean the rotor housings and everything was cool besides the rear rotor housing.
Then now, I started to clean the rotor and this is what they look like =[
Front
Rear
It is my first rebuild and i want to do it so I can learn about this motor and save some money for a paint job. A friend, who rebuilted his motor before is helping me.
Comments and suggestion would be really appreciated.
Then now, I started to clean the rotor and this is what they look like =[
Front
Rear
It is my first rebuild and i want to do it so I can learn about this motor and save some money for a paint job. A friend, who rebuilted his motor before is helping me.
Comments and suggestion would be really appreciated.
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Thanks, i agree, i do not want to reuse it if i cant, and if i cant reuse it i wud not salvage it to a member. Thank u everyone, its gonna be an expensive rebuild and long time saving for paint.
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you might be able to 3mm the rotors and re-use them. You'd have to manually check the tolerances with a micromiter though. The gash is bad..but really.. it's worse to have bad apex seal grooves..
But honestly.. the money your going to spend to have these repaired... and new seals.. you might as well look for a good set of weight matched used rotors..
But honestly.. the money your going to spend to have these repaired... and new seals.. you might as well look for a good set of weight matched used rotors..
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Although many "reputable builders and shops" on these forums state that they won't be re-useable I would have to disagree respectfully. The apex seal gash on the face is superficial IMO. The real area that you need to look at is the flake at the tip of that apex seal land. If you could measure how far from the rotor face it came off I could tell you if we could race clearance the faces and the "tips" of the rotor.
Trust me 9 out of 10 people will call these rotors shot but they seriously need to stop the close-minded visual evaluation method. True talented engine builders know that damage to certain areas of rotor housings and engine rotors will have no noticeable effect on engine performance. Heck, most engine builders don't even know of the flipping rotor technique that I've used for building MANY engines. I won't even discuss "my" concepts anymore so there's no argument engaging. You'll either trust me or keep shelling out unnecessary money like others do for their builds...
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Trust me 9 out of 10 people will call these rotors shot but they seriously need to stop the close-minded visual evaluation method. True talented engine builders know that damage to certain areas of rotor housings and engine rotors will have no noticeable effect on engine performance. Heck, most engine builders don't even know of the flipping rotor technique that I've used for building MANY engines. I won't even discuss "my" concepts anymore so there's no argument engaging. You'll either trust me or keep shelling out unnecessary money like others do for their builds...
Contact me if you want me to elaborate with specific details.
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Are those FD rotors? I notice they have a verysmooth finish on the faces except the bathtub area. When I opened up my engine (from japan) the two rotors appeared different......one had the lines like in the tub area on the whole face. The other one looked like yours. Its apparent that the engine was rebuilt in japan, but I am unsure which design is the true FD one.
Can anyone clarify this?
Can anyone clarify this?
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Are those FD rotors? I notice they have a verysmooth finish on the faces except the bathtub area. When I opened up my engine (from japan) the two rotors appeared different......one had the lines like in the tub area on the whole face. The other one looked like yours. Its apparent that the engine was rebuilt in japan, but I am unsure which design is the true FD one.
Can anyone clarify this?
Can anyone clarify this?
it basically means that they should have changed the bit in the machine tool sooner....
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