[Roadsters] Brake rotors

Gary and Cindy Ault aultgc at att.net
Tue Apr 7 19:56:15 MDT 2009


Gary,

I'm sure one could repair brake rotors by welding, but new ones are 
available from Australia, and weld build-up/machining would seem to be very 
expensive in comparison.

Gary A.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary McCormick" <gkmcc at sbcglobal.net>
To: "Datsun Roadster List" <datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 12:01 PM
Subject: [Roadsters] Brake rotors


> This just occurred to me - and I'm surprised that I haven't run across it 
> before: Are brake discs repairable by surface buildup weld repair and 
> regrinding? I can foresee potential problems with this - warping 
> especially - but maybe this is not an insurmountable obstacle?
>
> I have seen some pretty beat-up crankshafts welded and reground, but this 
> thread on brake rotors made me realize that I have never heard of this 
> being done to brake discs.
>
> Gary McCormick
> San Jose, CA
>
> --- On Tue, 4/7/09, Pete Peters <ppeters914 at comcast.net> wrote:
> From: Pete Peters <ppeters914 at comcast.net>
> Subject: [Roadsters] New disc brake rotors are .43 inch (was Re: 
> Rotors--.37 min?)
> To: "Datsun Roadster List" <datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net>
> Date: Tuesday, April 7, 2009, 9:30 AM
>
> Verified. My brand new DBA rotors measure .43-inch thick
>
> Pete
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