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Re: Cross-drilled Brake Rotors - Can they be turned?

To: N <twobees@sprynet.com>
Subject: Re: Cross-drilled Brake Rotors - Can they be turned?
From: Bud Krueger <bkrueger@ici.net>
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 22:15:26 -0400
Norm,

     The machine is a brake lathe, with cutters, not a grinding machine.


N wrote:

>

<snip>

> My cross-drilled rotors are pretty tatty.  So, I went to a local brake shop
> today & the manager said cross-drilled rotors can't be turned.
>
> Spoke to another MG guy & he believes they can.  Logically, I don't see any
> reason they couldn't effectively be turned unless the grinding stones of the
> turning machine are smaller than the holes in the rotor.
>

> Norm Sippel
> '66 MGB
>

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