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RE: Ford van brake troubles

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Subject: RE: Ford van brake troubles
From: Randall Young <ryoung@NAVCOMTECH.COM>
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 13:11:10 -0800
> Any ideas are welcomed. If I had a lathe I think grinding this pilot
> would be a safe, easy way out. Is it common for a machinist to know
> whether this is a good idea? The Ford parts guy said Ford hadn't changed
> the rim or rotor design until '92 so there shouldn't be any
> mid-year production
> run changes. I'm at a loss on how to inexpensively remedy this.

Jim :

IMO any decent machine shop should be able to machine down (or off) the
shoulder on the rotors.  They're actually pretty soft, no need to use a
grinder, so all that's needed is a lathe big enough to swing them.  I agree,
I wouldn't modify the rims.

Randall

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