It is getting rare. I have a friend that bought a lathe, cheap, for his personal shop. I'll take them to his house.
My buddy bought the lathe from where he works, where it was just taking up space. He does it all the time. People will bring there stuff over and just turn rotors, drink beer and pick guitar. Edit: We live in a very rural area. The amount of old farmers, with old trucks, that still want to resurface rotors is still holding strong for him. I may not even be able to do mine because the truck is so new, have to check.
It’s not like I didn’t believe you, I was just surprised to see it mentioned for the first time in forever.
I can see it making sense in some cases. I know I wish I could find someone to lathe my rotors on my old BMW after they were almost brand new but got warped due to a track day with improper cooldown... it would have been way way cheaper to grind them flat again rather than pay the $250/rotor to replace them. Yay BWM tax. I tried to drive it for a few weeks with the warped rotors because I didn't want to spend the cash, but ended up biting the bullet.
My brother waited so long on replacing his pads that they wore through the pad, into the backing plate and then into the rotor. He tried stopping and the rotor/backing plate was so worn out that the brake caliper cylinder pushed out of the caliper and he had no brakes. What should have been an $60 pad change turned into a $1450 tow, pad and rotor job.
Wait until you need to replace the CCB's on the Porsche (Which you probably won't unless you're tracking it) I think front pads, rotors and labor for the Z06 is pushing $6k
Yeah, the shop I used to work at would do it all the time, $15 per rotor/ drum. It's very common in my area, at least. My new employer never does it; they've got that magical county money. Edit: O'Reilly's and AutoZone both resurface drums/ rotors for a fee. It's up to $25 each now.
Either price is super cheap. Shop rate is atleast 120 per hour around here. It takes a lot longer then a few minute to turn a rotor
Yeah... it's about $10k CDN right now. But that being said, I have fantastic brakes, zero brake dust, and still have over 90% left after 2 years. I might just be selling or trading it in before I have to worry about it. There is something magical about having a white car, with white calipers, and ZERO brake dust or dirt around the wheels.
Yeah, but you don't have to sit there and watch the rotor get turned the whole time. You set the cutting blades, go back to work, and when you stop hearing the noise, you go back and reset them. I can tell when a rotor is ready, or even if the blades need changing by the sound. Getting $120 an hour JUST to cut rotors sounds amazing, but no one will pay it down here. Methinks you might be getting hosed.
That is shop rate, doesn't matter what they are doing. Which is why i haven't seen that shit in a long time. Doesn't matter if you are watching the rotor or not, the shop is going to charge you to use the machine. Just like when i got my AC recharged, they charger me 1.5 hours, even though they probably hooked up the machine and did something else.
Zero brake fade despite heavy and prolonged use. These are the best brakes I've ever had on any car, race or otherwise, without having floating rotors and full-on race pads.
I think shops got away from doing it as newer cars got lighter, thinner rotors. Last vehicle he did for me was a 96 suburban, which I sold a long time ago. I took the rotors to him in a backpack on my motorcycle, while the car was on blocks at the house. To me, these days, if you're replacing brakes in your yard, it doesn't really make sense because you have to block up the whole vehicle and get in another car to take the rotors to get turned. That's a hassle, but if I had a set sitting around that I could get turned whenever before I start the job, I would do it. Around here, those that still do it have a set rate. I'm sure the shop wants the tech to be able to set it up and go do billable work on something else while they turn. I've also used a company in VA Beach that re-lined brake shoes for semi trucks, rather than buy new shoes. East Coast Brake Rebuilders.
Forgot if we have a boating thread but I know I’ve asked for advice like this before. Looking at this boat for hunting. It looks like the cleanest boat I’ve ever seen outside of a show room. Just not sure if it seems high for its size. Those motors run 2 ish new it looks like. I can’t find any decent comparison on the brand and model of the boat. What do you all think? https://m.facebook.com/marketplace/item/312888978010526/
1996 Saturn SL1 4 cylinder, Code is Cylinder 3 misfire. The plug wires come off and connect to - something. I don't know what I'm looking at. But, at the third wire is arcing and the motor sounds rough. The spark plugs look carbon-y, so I am going to change them. If that doesn't fix it, what is that? And do I need to change it? Is it the coil pack? I will switch the wire to see if the sparking follows it, and see if the wire is bad. But, then I'm not sure what to do next. Change both coils?
Forgive me if this sounds stupid- you mentioned replacing the spark plugs but have you replaced the spark plug wires? I had a 92 Saturn with similar issues and the wires were shot.