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Re: Turning rotors

To: "Rob Weinstock" <weinstro@hotmail.com>, vitaly@nuance.com,
Subject: Re: Turning rotors
From: barry Spencer <bspencer@tsoft.com>
Date: Tue, 09 May 2000 19:39:14 -0700
Spencer's Racing Services can turn rotors, and drums $10.00 each. Located
in Hayward.....

Barry Spencer
(510) 786-9244





At 04:29 PM 5/9/00 PDT, Rob Weinstock wrote:
>>I'm asking a lot of questions lately...
>>
>>Where is a good place to get rotors turned? I warped all four corners
>>last year, and now my new Brembos are out of whack in the rear. I don't
>>get it -- I always torque my wheels to spec, I never ride the brakes
>>when sitting still, my calipers are not seized -- I'm dazzled.
>>
>>I don't want to pay 2 hours of labor to get something this trivial
>>done, but at the same time I don't want some shady character at Midas
>>to shave so much that it's barely above the service limit.
>
>One cause is hard braking, followed by driving through a puddle. Or hard 
>braking followed by setting the parking brake or resting with your foot on 
>the brake pedal. All cause uneven cooling which can warp the rotor.
>
>Any automotive machine shop can do this, or somewhat decent mechanic. They 
>only take off about 0.010", if the rotors are relatively true. About $10-17, 
>each.
>
>Regards,
>
>Rob
>
>


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