My T2 build

02-27-2008, 10:13 AM

DATED 9-23-07

Well I cleaned up the rotors and they look ok.. the one rotor has a few marks in it and for osme reason it looks like it has a defect that is on EACH SIDE IN THE SAME PLACE (but nothing on the housing) I cant figure that out.. anyways on to the pics how do u guys think they look? Useable? are they going to be prime rotors to use or do I need to get different ones? I think one looks just fine (the front one) but the rear one I have no idea on.. RX7Tuner said it is fine I just want another opinion to make sure before I spend any money on other things. The rear rotor is the one that concerns me only because I dont know if this is ok or not?

ANYWHO

Front rotor:

Rear Rotor:

^^^^^^^^^this is the mark I am talking about it is on the same rotor all 3 faces in the same spot!!

^^^^Those last two show the spots I was talking about on the 3rd face of the rear rotor..

What do u guys think?

BTW as for cleaning (which I am not done yet) I sprayed the rotors down with brake cleaner used a flat blade screwdriver to scrape off the THICK carbon buildup and then used a PLASTIC wire wheel (drivin by a drill) to clean off everything... I have roughly 1 hour per rotor time into them as of yet but I dont want to put anymore time into them if they need to be replaced

DATED 9-30-07

Ok so it has been 4 days and what have I acomplished.. well not much...

I have bought a digital micrometer, and magnetic dial indicator. a new set of screw drivers, 2 pick sets and today I started to do some more cleaning..

I started by cleaning all the grooves on the rotors (around the rings and in the apex grooves) I used a side seal, brake cleaner, 2-3 different size crew drivers, a wire brush and a pic and all the grooves appear to be almost so clean u would eat off of them. I then used a flat file and smothed down the apex seal corners (where there was a bit of roll back, and I hit that one small spot on the rotor face that was raised a touch.

I will get pictures of the rotors for you later . Afterwards I decided to clean the mating surfaces of the rotor housings... I started with the rear housing.. after some time with the wire wheel (being cautious not to hit the chrome section with the wheel) I managed to clean it up very well and then snap some pictures.

unfortunatly I did find this as I was snapping pics

02-27-2008, 10:13 AM	#3
SpooledupRacing Guest Posts: n/a	DATED 9-23-07 Well I cleaned up the rotors and they look ok.. the one rotor has a few marks in it and for osme reason it looks like it has a defect that is on EACH SIDE IN THE SAME PLACE (but nothing on the housing) I cant figure that out.. anyways on to the pics how do u guys think they look? Useable? are they going to be prime rotors to use or do I need to get different ones? I think one looks just fine (the front one) but the rear one I have no idea on.. RX7Tuner said it is fine I just want another opinion to make sure before I spend any money on other things. The rear rotor is the one that concerns me only because I dont know if this is ok or not? ANYWHO Front rotor: Rear Rotor: ^^^^^^^^^this is the mark I am talking about it is on the same rotor all 3 faces in the same spot!! ^^^^Those last two show the spots I was talking about on the 3rd face of the rear rotor.. What do u guys think? BTW as for cleaning (which I am not done yet) I sprayed the rotors down with brake cleaner used a flat blade screwdriver to scrape off the THICK carbon buildup and then used a PLASTIC wire wheel (drivin by a drill) to clean off everything... I have roughly 1 hour per rotor time into them as of yet but I dont want to put anymore time into them if they need to be replaced DATED 9-30-07 Ok so it has been 4 days and what have I acomplished.. well not much... I have bought a digital micrometer, and magnetic dial indicator. a new set of screw drivers, 2 pick sets and today I started to do some more cleaning.. I started by cleaning all the grooves on the rotors (around the rings and in the apex grooves) I used a side seal, brake cleaner, 2-3 different size crew drivers, a wire brush and a pic and all the grooves appear to be almost so clean u would eat off of them. I then used a flat file and smothed down the apex seal corners (where there was a bit of roll back, and I hit that one small spot on the rotor face that was raised a touch. I will get pictures of the rotors for you later . Afterwards I decided to clean the mating surfaces of the rotor housings... I started with the rear housing.. after some time with the wire wheel (being cautious not to hit the chrome section with the wheel) I managed to clean it up very well and then snap some pictures. unfortunatly I did find this as I was snapping pics Last edited by SpooledupRacing; 02-28-2008 at 10:06 AM.