That's strange. Even our on-car lathe does both sides at the same time...as
do both of our standard brake lathes. Heck, they did both sides back in
1989 at the old dealership I worked at in CA.
- Bernd
-----Original Message-----
From: Don Rey [mailto:radon220@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 12:39 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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