Bob,
I had a similar experience back in the 80s. I had a 57 Buick that had some
shallow grooves in the brake drum that needed to be turned out. The drum had
been turned before, maybe more than once, to about .050 over. The shop said
the DOT required that a drum couldn't be turned more than .060 over and a
clean up of this drum would exceed that. When I showed them my shop manual
allowed .080 over, they went ahead and did the work. The original
manufacturer's specification as determined by the original design engineers
was satisfactory to them.
If Auto Zone won't do the work, go to a real brake shop with an intelligent
mechanic.
Dave Homstad
56 Dodge D500
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Subject: [FWDLK] Drum Turning
Hello, folks
Has anyone had the experience I just had? I took the 11" front drums from
my '56 Savoy to Pep Boys for turning. I was getting extreme pulsating from
the brake pedal and the brakes were starting to make noise, so out of round
drums seemed like the likely culprit. They didn't look bad at all when I
took them off so I figured this would be a simple, low cost job. Pep boys
called me back and said they couldn't turn the drums without an official DOT
spec limit to go by. I read them the spec out of the shop manual (no more
than .030 removed) but that wouldn't satisfy them. It has to be approved by
DOT and none of their references go back that far. I guess everybody is
running scared these days and won't do anything they can't defend against in
court. Is this another instance similar to the kid at the Auto Zone who
insisted they didn't make Plymouths before 1962 because there not listed in
the computer?
I live in the Dayton, Ohio area. If anyone knows where I can get this done
please let me know. I had planned to eventually convert to disks, but not
just yet.
Thanks,
Bob McGrath
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