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Re: sandblasting brake rotors

To: Bruce Wentzel <GreenDot@compuserve.com>,
Subject: Re: sandblasting brake rotors
From: Michael Sloane <msloane@worldnet.att.net>
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 08:04:50 -0500
At 03:12 AM 3/26/97 +0000, Bruce Wentzel wrote:
>Cars that sit over the winter here end up with surface rust on the brake
>rotors.  Any reason that I should not sandblast the rotors to remove it?
>
>Bruce Wentzel
>

Don't bother, Bruce. The first couple of applications of the brakes will
shine the rotors back up, and the use of a sandblaster around any seals and
bearings exposes them to abrasive damage.

Mike

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