[Fot] Rotor run out

[Michael Porter]

On 9/13/2015 2:06 PM, Kas Kastner wrote:
> I had this done last month on my Q50S Infiniti after my two long trips 
> to the East. It seemed like it did not take any time at all to 
> complete the job and it brought the brakes back to a new condition.
>

The first instance of this equipment that I remember was in the early 
`80s, for Toyota Tercels.  For some unfathomable reason, Toyota's 
designers put the rotors on the inboard side of the hub, and because it 
was FWD, to get at the rotors required removing the front uprights, 
which also required disassembling all of the front suspension and the 
drive axles, so some enterprising outfit created a rig that could be 
bolted to the Tercel's caliper mount and the rotors were turned by 
raising the drive wheel end of the car and running the engine at ~2500 
rpm while the cutting tools were separately operated by electric motor, 
with the opposite wheel locked because of the open differential.

But, then, not exactly any worse than Toyota's design for fifth gear in 
the transaxle, which required three midgets, eight hands, four magnets 
and numerous intercessionary prayers to one's Almighty to repair.


Cheers.

-- 


Michael Porter
Roswell, NM


Never let anyone drive you crazy when you know it's within walking distance....