If you take the rotor in to the NAPA store, they will measure the thickness
for you with vernier calipers - not as accurate as a micrometer, but close
enough for this purpose.
Dick Benjamin
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From: "jsadowski" <jsadowski@xxxxxxx>
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Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2003 6:54 PM
Subject: Re: IML: Budd brakes...and stuff
The surface that is turned the deepest is very visible just by looking.It
is the outer surface & it looks like quite a bit was removed. I don't have a
thickness gauge to measure them. I don't need them at the moment. The left
front rotor on my car wobbles a bit when you apply the brakes quickly at
highway speed, but they stop the car quickly with no pulling. Its been this
way since I bought the car in 94 & doesn't seem to have gotten any worse. I
do also have a used left front rotor that I bought from Murry Park with
light rust on it. I bought it because of the wobbling, but don;t want to
change it I don't have to.Then, the NOS pair came along.
John
----- Original Message -----
From: Dick Benjamin
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Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 9:41 PM
Subject: Re: IML: Budd brakes...and stuff
How thick are they? Compare that with the original thickness of .8775.
If
they are within about 25 thousandths of this, they are probably OK to use.
If they are thinner than that, I'd certainly try them if you have no
alternative, but be prepared to take them back off if the brakes act
funny.
I don't know what the symptom of too thin rotors is, but from a fade
standpoint, I can't believe 25 thousandths would make much difference.
If
someone else has tried this and run into problems, please report!
Dick Benjamin
----- Original Message -----
From: "jsadowski" <jsadowski@xxxxxxx>
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Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 6:56 PM
Subject: Re: IML: Budd brakes...and stuff
On turning the rotors, it says in the 69 service manual in bold face print
that they must not be turned due to the close tolerance. Some say this
info
doesn't appear in the 67 or 68 service manuals. I do know that I bought an
NOS pair of rotors some time ago & still in the original Mopar boxes. The
seller advertised them as new & never turned. When I received them, they
had
been just recently turned. The seller said they had some rust & had them
turned. I asked for part of the puchase price back & he obliged. Since the
surface on one side of one of them is turned quite a bit deeper then the
other, I'm wondering if they're of any use at all?
John
----- Original Message -----
From: d_barker@xxxxxxxx
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Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 9:55 AM
Subject: IML: Budd brakes...and stuff
Hi,
So, amongst all this good info on these brakes I wonder if I missed
something. Do we know for sure what year range the Budds were used and
were
they used exclusively in this range with no other types mixed in? I also
vaguely remember a conversation about whether the rotors can be turned at
all quite a while back but I don't remember the end result. Also, When we
first got ours, my youngest(thinking he wanted to be a mechanic)had the
rear
drums off and when he put them back on, he left off the long spring that
wraps around the outside of the drum. Don't know why it was taken off,
but,
anyway, I don't know where it went and I'm wondering what it's purpose is
and if it's really necessary.
Thanks,
Dave
67 Haze Green Sedan
Covington, Wa.
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