What a shame, turning brand new rotors. All he had to do is sand them down.
Or even leave them alone and let the pads clean up the rust.
Yes, I do not think the 68 manual mentions anything about turning the rotors.
I guess disk brakes were new for the US back then, and service procedures were
not established. So, may be the guys writing the manual did not realize how
important it would have been to point this out.
Your rotor that has been turned a bit is probably useable. I have used rotors
much thinner than what they should be, and held up well in spite of my spirited
driving.
D^2
Quoting jsadowski <jsadowski@xxxxxxx>:
> On turning the rotors, it says in the 69 service manual in bold face
> print that they must not be turned due to the close tolerance. Some say
> this info doesn't appear in the 67 or 68 service manuals. I do know that
> I bought an NOS pair of rotors some time ago & still in the original
> Mopar boxes. The seller advertised them as new & never turned. When I
> received them, they had been just recently turned. The seller said they
> had some rust & had them turned. I asked for part of the puchase price
> back & he obliged. Since the surface on one side of one of them is
> turned quite a bit deeper then the other, I'm wondering if they're of
> any use at all?
> John
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: d_barker@xxxxxxxx
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> Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 9:55 AM
> Subject: IML: Budd brakes...and stuff
>
>
> Hi,
> So, amongst all this good info on these brakes I wonder if I missed
> something. Do we know for sure what year range the Budds were used and
> were they used exclusively in this range with no other types mixed in? I
> also vaguely remember a conversation about whether the rotors can be
> turned at all quite a while back but I don't remember the end result.
> Also, When we first got ours, my youngest(thinking he wanted to be a
> mechanic)had the rear drums off and when he put them back on, he left
> off the long spring that wraps around the outside of the drum. Don't
> know why it was taken off, but, anyway, I don't know where it went and
> I'm wondering what it's purpose is and if it's really necessary.
>
> Thanks,
> Dave
> 67 Haze Green Sedan
> Covington, Wa.
>
>
>
>
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