Date:         Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:14:54 -0700
Reply-To:     Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Brake drums warped - machining?
Comments: To: Shawn Wright <vwdiesels@gmail.com>
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Just don't take them to Budget Brake and Muffler in White Rock.

The donkeys there managed to mount one of my low mileage drums 1/8" off
centre and tuned the f***ing thing that way.  When I tried to use the brakes
first time there was a MASSIVE pulse in the pedal.

Upon re-removal and closer inspection, you could see the big bite in the
middle of the drum from the chuck on the lathe and could easily see how much
thinner the one side of the drum was...

They haven't had any business from me since.

Jake

On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 12:57 PM, Shawn Wright <vwdiesels@gmail.com> wrote:

> I bought some new drums, and cheaped out with made in China junk, which
> came
> pre-warped from Autohausaz (not worth the cost of shipping to return them).
> So now I have my old OEM warped drums with about 100k kms on them, or the
> new ones, and have to decide which ones I should have machined. The old
> ones
> appear to have plenty of life left - although I don't have calipers large
> enough to measure them, they seem to be very close to the new ones in
> diameter. What would you do?
>
> Are there any things to watch for in having them machined, or can any
> decent
> brake shop do it properly?
>
> --
> Shawn Wright
> '88 TD Westy
>



--
Jake

1984 Vanagon GL 1.9 WBX 'The Grey Van'
1986 Westy Weekender/2.5 SOHC Suby 'Dixie'

Crescent Beach, BC

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