What can I do with old brake rotors?

**POD** · 24th July 2015, 09:23 AM

How about wind chimes (cyclone chimes?).

**mekon76** · 24th July 2015, 10:23 AM

Poor man's discus.

**rangieman** · 24th July 2015, 05:43 PM

Originally Posted by V8Ian

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

Not many American (Dinosaur) trucks maybe

Funny what you say mine has rotors and been on there longer than the 2 years ive been driving it and still have not been replaced

**d2dave** · 24th July 2015, 05:48 PM

Originally Posted by DoubleChevron

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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Shane L.

The reason old car rotors used to last so long is they were harder.

Modern ones are made of a softer steel to make the brakes work better.

**joel0407** · 24th July 2015, 05:54 PM

Originally Posted by d2dave

The reason old car rotors used to last so long is they were harder.

Modern ones are made of a softer steel to make the brakes work better.

I hadn't heard that before?

I do believe it's about pads these days since the removal of asbestos. Now pads contain metal and/or ceramic mixes that wear the rotors.

In times gone by you could watch race cars at night with rotors glowing red from heat. Now when you watch them you see sparks flying out through the rim.

Happy Days

**rangieman** · 24th July 2015, 06:18 PM

Originally Posted by joel0407

I hadn't heard that before?

I do believe it's about pads these days since the removal of asbestos. Now pads contain metal and/or ceramic mixes that wear the rotors.

In times gone by you could watch race cars at night with rotors glowing red from heat. Now when you watch them you see sparks flying out through the rim.

Happy Days

And this is why so many cars suffer from brake shudder these days due to the lack of asbestos in the pads

Do not look down on ceramic pads they have come a long way

**Disco Muppet** · 24th July 2015, 06:21 PM

I've got photos of GTR skylines with glowing rotors. Taken this year too

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**joel0407** · 24th July 2015, 06:33 PM

Originally Posted by Disco Muppet

I've got photos of GTR skylines with glowing rotors. Taken this year too

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What year model? The GTR has carbon fibre rotors. A whole different ball game.

Happy Days

**shining** · 24th July 2015, 06:34 PM

I have seen a couple of home made rifle benchrests made out of rotors.

**d2dave** · 24th July 2015, 06:46 PM

Originally Posted by joel0407

I hadn't heard that before?

Happy Days

Every Friday the Melbourne Herald Sun has a cars liftout. They used to have a letters page where people could write in with questions about cars.

Back when modern cars started to wear rotors at a faster rate (around late-ish 90's from memory) there were lots of people writing in that had a car in for a service, with low km's, being told that they needed new rotors.

The explanation by the newspaper, stated many times to different writers complaints, was the softer steel for better braking.

This is where I heard it. Whether or not it is true, it did come from a reputable source, not my mate at the pubs brother in law's sisters friend.

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