Thread: What can I do with old brake rotors?

Originally Posted by 460cixy

must be a pretty od ball car if you are geting the pads relined

In all my years of swinging spanners I have never heard of relining disc pads.
I have even worked in brake specialist shops where we would rebond shoes.

It was just never economical to do it. I would hazard a guess that it is not done with shoes anymore either.

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Originally Posted by V8Ian

Not many with discs, they wear too quickly. ABS is pretty unreliable too.

It's now law on new trucks.

Originally Posted by d2dave

In all my years of swinging spanners I have never heard of relining disc pads.
I have even worked in brake specialist shops where we would rebond shoes.

It was just never economical to do it. I would hazard a guess that it is not done with shoes anymore either.

It's pretty common for weekend track racers.

I found it a little interesting how street guys want flash looking slotted and cross drilled rotors and pay more money for flash looking DBA rotors with 2 part rotors and the like. Guys who race go through so many rotors and pads they don't get cross drilled to start with as the holes create weak points where the disc will crack from but they use cheap discs and send a few backing plates to QFM so they can have a few different pad compounds.

Todd from Rapid RS said near all the rotors sold in Australia come from the same place in China and then get machined and drilled to suit what ever vehicle. His rotors are not painted or anything to look pretty and he can do a few different slots (straight or curved) or dimples for what ever floats your boat. I believe slots are good but the design of the slot is just a aesthetics thing. Best thing is his rotors are cheap and its the same steel you get when you buy any other Australian rotor. I've never had any trouble with his machining nor have plenty of weekend racers.

The most I paid for a set of pads was $480 for some PMu pads from Japan. Even the DS2500 Ferodo pads were near $400. Something most don't know about Ferodo. They have 2 ranges. The pads you can buy from Supercheap and Repco and then the range you can only get from specialized brake places like Competition friction near Canberra.

Originally Posted by joel0407

Actually I bought this neat little folding fire pit from Super Cheap. It appears to be made from mild steel so I doubted it would last even a couple of fires but to my surprise, it lasted our whole 2 week trip with near a fire every night. It even has what look like aluminium rivets. It's light and it's pretty efficent on wood. It's a little, not much but a little out of shape so I plan on making one of my own from stainless when this one dies. It was excellent for $24.95 on special.

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Pix?

They make excellent footplates for the stays on your strainer posts..... Thats where all mine go.

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Tote

Originally Posted by Tote

They make excellent footplates for the stays on your strainer posts..... Thats where all mine go.

Regards,
Tote

Could we have some pics of this please?

Originally Posted by d2dave

In all my years of swinging spanners I have never heard of relining disc pads.
I have even worked in brake specialist shops where we would rebond shoes.

It was just never economical to do it. I would hazard a guess that it is not done with shoes anymore either.

I've used re-lined disc brakes on a Citroen DS. I reckon the modern pad material is to hard though. The old rotors in them last the life of the car (especially the early ones made in the 50's/60's). So putting the very hard modern brake pad material in them probably isn't best. I'd prefer to find NOS brake pads.... I'm sure the greenies hate the evil toxin and asbestos filled brake pads .... I sure don't care though

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