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Re: Brake rotor source?

To: "Hugh Barber" <tr6nut@sbcglobal.net>,
Subject: Re: Brake rotor source?
From: " Bob Davis" <rdavis4@cfl.rr.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2003 17:44:50 -0400
This company sells the DBA's.
Baer, Inc
Phoenix, AZ
602-233-1411

Bob Davis
Mt. Dora, FL
62 TR4 racer
67.5 Datsun2000 racer
69 Zink FV
----- Original Message -----
From: "Hugh Barber" <tr6nut@sbcglobal.net>
To: "Jack W. Drews" <vinttr4@geneseo.net>; <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2003 12:09 PM
Subject: RE: Brake rotor source?


> Jack,
>
> The last set I got from TRF was in a Brembo box.  Now I always thought
that
> Brembo was an Italian firm, but these days maybe Brembo buys them from the
> Far East, reboxes them, and sends them to us.  Who knows?  Anyway, other
> than Brembo, there is a firm in Australia, Disk Brakes Australia that
claims
> to manufacture its own rotors http://www.dba.com.au/ . The only problem is
> that I don't think they sell over here.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Hugh Barber
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-fot@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-fot@autox.team.net]On
> Behalf Of Jack W. Drews
> Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2003 6:56 AM
> To: fot@autox.team.net
> Subject: Brake rotor source?
>
>
> I've been working on this brake pedal height problem-solving thing for
> awhile and have learned A LOT. One thing I've learned is that our rotors
do
> warp and when that happens it does cause pedal height problems.
>
> I've been using new rotors purchased from one of the Big Three. I don't
> know for sure but expect that all three of the big three purchase them
from
> the same source, since the prices are virtually identical. I'm led to
> believe that the ultimate source is in the Orient.
>
> Does anyone have a source for rotors made of known good stuff?
>
> uncle jack

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