At 09:24 AM 4/18/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>There is a minimum thickness for safe operation, turning them below that
>specific thickness risks brake failure due to fade and perhaps warping. The
>minimum safe thickness will be in the FSM, and is usually cast into the
>rotor/drum somewhere to warn the brake shop. No professional brake shop
>will turn a drum or rotor below that minimum, lest he open himself up to a
>monstrous liability/lawsuit, and, at least in CA, lose his garage keeper's
>license.
Dick, I was looking at the 68 repair manual trying to find the minimum
thickness. I may be wrong, but I think they did not list a minimum
thickness. Instead, they just said that rotors should never be turned and
machined! They assumed that nobody will machine them, so they did not
publish a minimum thickness, or so it seems.
D^2
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