Date:         Thu, 6 Apr 2000 08:43:47 -0700
Reply-To:     BRENT CHRISTENSEN <bchristensen@INFOGENESIS.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         BRENT CHRISTENSEN <bchristensen@INFOGENESIS.COM>
Subject:      Machining brake rotors (Was: Volks Cafe (ie Volks Motorsports.com
              ) is awesome!)
Comments: To: "EUROMOG@AOL.COM" <EUROMOG@AOL.COM>
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Does this hold true for the Syncro rotors as well?  Though I replaced mine
with new units recently, I found that there was still quite a bit of "meat"
left on the old rotors, so I had them machined for $20 and am now keeping
them as "spares".  Should I just toss them in the junk heap?  (along with a
couple of Chevy and Buick heads, a 6-point roll cage, and some various steel
wheels...)

I was thinking it would make the next brake job easier, in that I would be
able to swap out the rotors and conitinue driving while I had the others
turned.  (I would repeat this process with each brake job until they were
worn down to spec)

Just curious...

Brent Christensen
'89 GL Syncro Westy
Santa Barbara, CA


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
> Of John Wessels
> Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2000 7:12 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Volks Cafe (ie Volks Motorsports.com) is awesome!
>
>
> In a message dated 4/6/00 0:04:15 AM EST, sarbar@CRUZIO.COM writes:
>
> << They were able to remachine the rotors and just
>  gave me new pads. Unbelievable!  >>
>
> Yes this is quite unbeleivable. I would NEVER machine brake
> rotors on a
> Vanagon. They WILL warp soon and you will have to not only
> buy new rotors but
> pay the labor to install them. Machining rotors on a Vanagon
> is a FALSE
> economy.
>
> John Wessels
> European Motorsport
> Livermore, CA
> http://www.euromog.com
>

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