Brake help on my daily driver; broken rotor

[dylanborns]

Hopefully someone can help me on this question, because I've got the front brakes off my daily driver. I'm replacing the pads on my camry, and in the process of taking the drivers side rotor off, it cracked into pieces. The pass. side was rusted to the hub, but with some heat, wd, and a bfg, I was able to get it off in one piece. Drivers side, not so much.
My question is can I have the pass side turned and put a new rotor on the drivers side? The pass side has alot of meat left and I almost wasn't even going to mess with turning it due to it being so clean and no ridge on the outer edge, but I got it off and will get it turned.
If I put a new rotor on the drivers side and a turned on the pass., what issues if any will I have? I'm thinking if one rotor is thinner, it may pull to one side during braking, but again, turning it won't take much metal off.
Also, when I put these things back on, is it ok to use anti seize on the hub where the rotor sits? I figure as long as it doesn't get on the pads it would be ok.
Thanks!

[speediva]

You can replace just one rotor and it shouldn't cause any pull. I would UNQUESTIONABLY get the passenger rotor turned, but if it's got a lot of rust, you may want to think about replacing it as well... never do know how deep that rust goes.

As for anti seize, yes, you can use that to prevent the rotors from rusting onto the wheel hub in the future, but as you said, make absolutely CERTAIN it doesn't get near the surface of the rotor or the pads... anti seize is sneaky stuff and it always ends up EVERYWHERE!

Good luck - and if you're feeling brave, you might want to do a mini photo-doc and post to the Camry forum to help other users working on their own cars!

[murphy929@cox.net]

These "hat style"rotors are pretty cheap, why chance it. I usually just replace these rotors if they look less then real good, and believe me I'm cheap!

[oldblu65]

The rust is likely the cause of the rotor breaking as the area down in the enclosed finned portion of the rotor corroded until it was too thin to be structurally sound and broke when you attempted to knock it off . If that is the case , the opposite side rotor is likely as corroded and ( I have to agree with Murphy ) should be replaced as well . They are relatively cheap and worth the cost for your safety . Just my $0.02 , good luck !

[Elza]

Nice info guys, helpfull for me