Meeting people as a mechanic.

[Mysticcobrakilla]

Exactly. Case in point, I ran across some today that had a new thickness of 1.500", and a discard thickness of 1.430". That isn't very forgiving at all, and those are aftermarket rotors.

Pretty much the same on gm OEM stuff.

[Baba Ganoush]

Good info, I've just been buying new rotors for years, I haven't setup one a lathe in awhile. I saw the prices fall on replacements, and people tend to tear theirs up anyway. With the way people treat their brakes, the hubs suffer tremendously. "It only hums when I'm not turning left."

[gearjammer351]

I needed this thread. I used to work on cars for a living, and I now work in a boring office. I'm sometimes nostalgic for it as I miss working with my hands and the satisfaction of 'fixing' stuff, and I think I should go back to it.


I think I'll keep cars as a hobby.

[snacksnack]

I needed this thread. I used to work on cars for a living, and I now work in a boring office. I'm sometimes nostalgic for it as I miss working with my hands and the satisfaction of 'fixing' stuff, and I think I should go back to it.


I think I'll keep cars as a hobby.

make your hobby a career and its suddenly not your hobby.

[lowthreeohz]

^^ yep. when i was in HS i loved working on mine and my friends cars. When i started showing interest in learning the trade as a job, dad stepped in with that same advice. Super glad that he told me that and i listened, as many of my friends who went that route are beat to shit and working their asses off just to get by.

[Scott Mc]

I gotta say that I haye cars now lol. I got lucky and moved from the manual labor of it.

[Baron Von Crowder]

I gotta say that I haye cars now lol. I got lucky and moved from the manual labor of it.

oh haye.

[Scott Mc]

Lol oops. Hate, evidently I cannot walk and post.

[DON SVO]

I went through ford's ASSET program with Yale, Ben (RIP brother) and a couple other guys that sometimes post. I will never again turn something I enjoy into a job that requires working for someone else. My SVO was literally a 3G alternator and intercooler piping swap away from running like a champ and it sat untouched for over a year. I had zero urge to work on it on the days I had off.

[Cooter]

haye, I paye other people to work on my junk anymore...

I learned how to work on cars out of necessity because I've always liked driving them, just didn't have the money to pay others to work on them.

the mantra I live by these days is "I pay people to do what they do every day because they can do it faster and cheaper than if I pay myself to do it"

[AdRock]

Good info, I've just been buying new rotors for years, I haven't setup one a lathe in awhile. I saw the prices fall on replacements, and people tend to tear theirs up anyway. With the way people treat their brakes, the hubs suffer tremendously. "It only hums when I'm not turning left."

I always just buy new rotors also. But yes, they're so thin that the minimum thickness is reached quickly. Turning them once puts them below specs. Also, after being a tech for the years I was I saw so many guys turn rotors until they were under spec just to sell a set of new ones. If I can't find a place to let me turn my own rotors I just buy new ones. The last new rotors on my mustang were under specs in less than a year of normal driving.


And for a moron story. I was at the parts store picking up some stuff and had a lady ask me what could cause her car to shake going down the highway. In as simple a terms as I could I went through a few things. As I was leaving I noticed her beat to shit 4 lug fox in the spot next to me. With 2, yes only 2 lugs on each wheel. I asked her about it and she said her son rotated the tires for her a few weeks ago. I walked he back inside and pretty much brow beat her with fear into buying some lugs and taking the car across the street to a tire shop. I told her to never let her son touch the car again because he's an idiot and could have killed her.

[orphan Shelby]

I reuse every time I can since the original rotor is better materials than a cheap chinese replacement rotor.

[helosailor]

Related:

[talisman]

My SVO was literally a 3G alternator and intercooler piping swap away from running like a champ

Suuuuuuuure it was...

[kingjason]

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Metal on metal stops like a champ.