Exactly. Sorry for the confusion.
Gabriel A. Couriel
2006 DML Fantasy Football Champion
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Don Rey
Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 1:39 PM
To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
Subject: Re: DML: Ball Joints & rotors
Sounds to me like he's surfacing both sides... just not at the same
time. He surfaces the front side, turns the rotor around, and surfaces
the back side.
Don in CT
On 8/13/08, Bernd D. Ratsch <bernd@dodgetrucks.org> wrote:
>
> Surface only the backside of the rotor??? Not both faces??? (Not a smart
> tech)
>
> - Bernd
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gabriel A. Couriel [mailto:gcouriel@gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 10:55 AM
> To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
> Subject: RE: DML: Ball Joints & rotors
>
>
> Yeah, most shops, if not equipped with a machine that can surface both
sides
> at the same time, will just turn the rotor around on the machine and
surface
> the back side. That's how my mechanic does it.
>
>
> Gabriel A. Couriel
> 2006 DML Fantasy Football Champion
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Bernd D.
> Ratsch
> Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 10:58 AM
> To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
> Subject: RE: DML: Ball Joints & rotors
>
>
> Front pads running 90K miles...ain't gonna happen. Rears...possible.
>
> You normally check the runout and wear pattern on the rotors, but
> yes...cleaning up the rotor surface on both sides is required when
> installing new pads. (Not to forget properly burnishing them in on the
> first test drive.)
>
> - Bernd
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric [mailto:huffy340@gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 9:41 AM
> To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
> Subject: Re: DML: Ball Joints & rotors
>
>
> On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:51:23 -0500 Bernd D. Ratsch wrote:
>
> > Not cleaning up the
> > rotors at each brake pad change creates more issues with the braking
> > system than it's worth.
>
> Is it true they need to be turned on both sides at the same time?
> The FSM says so, and when i called around, none of the regular stores had
a
> lathe that would do it.
>
> As it turned out, the pads didn't wear out until about 90,000 miles, and
the
> rotor was close enough to the minimum that i just had the rotors replaced
at
> the same time.
>
> eric
>
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