[TR] Brake disks

TERRY SMITH terryrs at comcast.net
Sat Nov 10 08:05:50 MST 2018


Thanks, Bill.  I hadn't priced them yet, just assumed they'd be expensive.


Is there a type people like best?  Slotted?  Not slotted?

> On November 9, 2018 at 11:23 PM "Wbeech at flash.net" <wbeech at flash.net> wrote:
> 
>     IMO, At $30ea replace them, it will cost half that to get them turned and you still have a 60 year old rotor.  
>     Bill
> 
>     Sent from my Handspring Treo
> 
>     On Nov 9, 2018, at 7:20 PM, TERRY SMITH < terryrs at comcast.net mailto:terryrs at comcast.net > wrote:
> 
> 
>     Hello, everyone.  Haven't been able to call my dependable machinist yet, where the only issue I've ever had was when I asked them to ream some lines for me.  Wound up with a cracked one that caused problems that you can imagine. 
> 
> 
>     Question is, is it more cost--and long-term--effective to simply replace front rotors with new ones from one of the Big Three, or to ask they be skimmed  by a quality machinist.  I feel those "bumps" when I slow to a stop telling me that the rotors have high spots.  Am suspecting the original rotors being 60 years old are tired and ready to retire.
> 
> 
>     Thoughts?
> 
> 
>     Terry Smith '59 TR3A
> 
>     New Hamsphire
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