Re: Update: Would you run a hub with this damage?
[Re: dogdays]
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01/18/12 01:55 PM
01/18/12 01:55 PM
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I agree that this is a usable part, the damage is contained to a non functional part, besides the nick in the rotor surface which can be filed flat.
Take care, Rick 68 Coronet R/T 440 & 68 Charger 528 Hemi,and 5 Challengers! 6 cyl, 318, 360, 383, 451
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Re: Update: Would you run a hub with this damage?
[Re: dogdays]
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01/19/12 01:41 PM
01/19/12 01:41 PM
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Well I already picked up a replacement, and it's on the way. I figured that grinding it smooth would help and I originally thought it was usable too a first glance. When all of the early responses said no, I found another and got it with free shipping. we'll see how it goes.
As for how some type of packing material would help prevent this, think of even using newspaper. If you pack the boxes with newspaper on both sides of the rotor, then if you were to drop the boxes, it keeps them from being able to bounce around inside the boxes and clang into each other. And it also keeps the weight of the rotor spread out so it can't center on one spot. Think of what would hurt more, a 50lb box sitting on your thigh, or a 50lb wrench balancing on end on your thigh. One the weight is centered in one spot, the other it's spread out. I think it would have helped.
Regardless, I have a new on the way, and I'm okay with the outcome
1971 Plymouth Satellite 408/904 8 3/4 3.23 SG
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Re: Would you run a hub with this damage?
[Re: roe]
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01/19/12 02:39 PM
01/19/12 02:39 PM
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hp383
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Im not happy, but I can understand. But I also blame the parts company. Taping those two boxes together, with no kind of packing peanuts, bubble wrap, nothing....that was a disaster waiting to happen. If not damage to the items, then those heavy items flopping around inside the box might just tear right through it, which almost happened as well. Its not the end of the world though.
roe
I have had some parts arrive that way from rockauto.com They were brake rotors as well. The two boxes where taped together, and the rotors where heavy parts for a C20. The boxes were not meant to be used for UPS shipping, they are the boxes that normally are pallet loaded.
Mine were not damaged, but they were peeking out of the boxes, the boxes certainly cant be reused, heck, even the thin wood strips the manufacturer adds to the box were pulverized into toothpicks.
I wish some re-sellers would take better care in repackaging heavy items.
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