turning a roter

[dmbrisket 51]

i worped a roter this past weekend, was racing someone, stoplight feaver due to the nice weather here, and had to break kinda fast and hit a puddle, now my roters need turned, i know its warped, has happend in other vehicals b4, question is more a need for knowlage, is turning a roter just basicly resurfacing it? if it is, i have access to a micro grinder (measures 1/10 of .001) could i use this to turn it myselfe or is it something best left to the pros at napa?

[OverBoardProject]

Sorry dmbrisket, best left for the pro's. They have to be perfect or you'll have problems.

There's a good thread a few down on how to remove a rotor.

Look into the cost of new rotors. They might be a few bux more than the machine bill. And yours could have been on the thin side resulting in it warping easily

[xtrememeasures10]

Dude, I took mine off and Orileys turned mine for 8 to 10 bucks a piece. Hope that helps ya.

[dmbrisket 51]

lol overboard, your just helping me look for a reason to get the big break set with the drilled and cross sloted 4 wheel disks arnt ya? that also means my stock rims wont fit, time for the 18's... g, this could be more expencive then i thought.... if its only 10 bucks ill just get them turned, taken things apart isnt something i need help with, its the extra parts i will get sometimes (very rarely anymore accually) that i need help placing back, but if you guys think turning is a machin shops job, i guess ill let the machine shop do it. Does anyone know what kind of machine they use to do it on? a lathe or a mill?

[16th hippy]

is a lathe.....funny story to go with that one, know a guy who was working in a shop, and a customer needed a flywheel re-surfaced...so he used the brake lathe....needless to say, he could either replace it, or find a new job...lol

[dmbrisket 51]

^lmao, reasons why right tooling is a must, especally if im (as a customer) paying for it

[OverBoardProject]

I think that it's a special lathe that they use but I'm not sure.

Where I live it's around $30.00 canadian to turn rotors, and you can often buy a rotor for $35 so that's why I sugested looking into the cost of new ones.

When I was young I used to cross drill my own rotors and it worked really good. I was lucky and had access to drill presses and a friend that could turn the brakes back then

[dmbrisket 51]

i have access to a lathe (cant guarentee its accuracy anymore, it is a machine used on wwII ships) and a mill drill, i thought about driling and slotting myselfe, but the big ones give me reasoning for a while line of new products ie rubber, rims, while im at it, suspenion body kit (have it, need to finish installing it, i have airdamn on only)