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Author Topic: Brake discs/pads on sale...  (Read 3804 times)

Offline Rob Valdez 79 R65

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Re: Brake discs/pads on sale...
« Reply #15 on: March 03, 2007, 05:03:58 PM »
Mine measured at just under 5mm (min. spec is 4.6mm) (I don't know how to read the inch scale accurately on my vernier caliper (still haven't gotten my digital caliper...)), and that is after opening it up slightly to remove it from the disk rotor.  The outer edge of the rotor is wider than the swept area.

So that, combined with the rather extreme grooving, tells me it is time to replace it.

Some pictures.  The first one shows the grooves most dramatically:

http://www.pbase.com/tomfarr/image/75133798
http://www.pbase.com/tomfarr/image/75133824
http://www.pbase.com/tomfarr/image/75133914

Offline Bob_Roller

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Re: Brake discs/pads on sale...
« Reply #16 on: March 06, 2007, 02:08:40 PM »
My EBC rotors just arrived, nice to have rotors without the grand canyon like grooves worn into them! And $80 cheaper each than OEM stainless rotors.
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Offline Justin B.

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Re: Brake discs/pads on sale...
« Reply #17 on: March 06, 2007, 06:58:21 PM »
It will be nice to know how they work/compare to the stockers...
Justin B.

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