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Re: Is 380 mm rotors large enough for you? [Re: astjp2] #1556665 03/31/14 04:34 AM 03/31/14 04:34 AM
Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 4,785 Utah and Alaska astjp2 OP master
astjp2 OP master Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 4,785 Utah and Alaska	This was expensive...the blair company only sells replacements in quantities of 3... 8095375-downsized_0330141438a.jpg (176 downloads) 1941 Taylorcraft 1968 Charger 1994 Wrangler 1998 Wrangler 2008 Kia Rio 2017 Jetta I didn't do 4 years and 9 months of Graduate School to be called Mister!

Re: Is 380 mm rotors large enough for you? [Re: astjp2] #1556666 03/31/14 09:56 AM 03/31/14 09:56 AM
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brads70 super stock Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 813 Ontario,Canada	Why didn't you just use an ordinary drill bit?

Re: Is 380 mm rotors large enough for you? [Re: brads70] #1556667 03/31/14 02:44 PM 03/31/14 02:44 PM
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astjp2 OP master Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 4,785 Utah and Alaska	They walk and create oversize holes, this way, they are bored and stay round. I just let the drill get cocked and the cutter snapped like a twig. 1941 Taylorcraft 1968 Charger 1994 Wrangler 1998 Wrangler 2008 Kia Rio 2017 Jetta I didn't do 4 years and 9 months of Graduate School to be called Mister!

Re: Is 380 mm rotors large enough for you? [Re: brads70] #1556668 03/31/14 05:40 PM 03/31/14 05:40 PM
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cudazappa super stock Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 801 central CT	Quote: Why didn't you just use an ordinary drill bit? It doesn't look like he's using a bridgeport or even a drill press. 1971 Challenger

Re: Is 380 mm rotors large enough for you? [Re: cudazappa] #1556669 03/31/14 06:06 PM 03/31/14 06:06 PM
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feets Senior Management Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 28,078 Irving, TX	Quote: Quote: Why didn't you just use an ordinary drill bit? It doesn't look like he's using a bridgeport or even a drill press. My thoughts exactly. I could knock that out on my mill rather quickly but shipping rotors isn't cheap. We are brothers and sisters doing time on the planet for better or worse. I'll take the better, if you don't mind. - Stu Harmon

Re: Is 380 mm rotors large enough for you? [Re: feets] #1556670 03/31/14 06:25 PM 03/31/14 06:25 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 104,346 Garden Grove, CA OzHemi Penguin-hating Ginger
OzHemi Penguin-hating Ginger Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 104,346 Garden Grove, CA	Might be easier to just find a local wheel repair/modify place and have them toss the rotors in their mill or what ever they use to redrill wheels and get it done in a few minutes. My wheel guy drilled my rotors out...took me longer to drive there and back to pick them up then to have them done. (in hindsight, I should have drilled my hubs to Mercedes bolt pattern and have the wheels drilled the same, save having to modify the rotors..but oh well. )

Re: Is 380 mm rotors large enough for you? [Re: OzHemi] #1556671 04/01/14 08:25 AM 04/01/14 08:25 AM
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dickdale enthusiast D Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 294 The Netherlands, OV	Quote: Might be easier to just find a local wheel repair/modify place and have them toss the rotors in their mill or what ever they use to redrill wheels and get it done in a few minutes. My wheel guy drilled my rotors out...took me longer to drive there and back to pick them up then to have them done. (in hindsight, I should have drilled my hubs to Mercedes bolt pattern and have the wheels drilled the same, save having to modify the rotors..but oh well. ) If you do that then you must change the rear aswell. Best thing to do is adjust the MB rotors by going to a machine shop and let them dril the holes. Bring the hubs also so they can adjust the center hole on a lathe...

Re: Is 380 mm rotors large enough for you? [Re: dickdale] #1556672 04/01/14 12:49 PM 04/01/14 12:49 PM
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feets Senior Management Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 28,078 Irving, TX	Quote: If you do that then you must change the rear aswell. Best thing to do is adjust the MB rotors by going to a machine shop and let them dril the holes. Bring the hubs also so they can adjust the center hole on a lathe... I had to open the center register on the rotors. They're smaller than the old Mopar stuff. We are brothers and sisters doing time on the planet for better or worse. I'll take the better, if you don't mind. - Stu Harmon

Re: Is 380 mm rotors large enough for you? [Re: dickdale] #1556673 04/01/14 01:10 PM 04/01/14 01:10 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 104,346 Garden Grove, CA OzHemi Penguin-hating Ginger
OzHemi Penguin-hating Ginger Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 104,346 Garden Grove, CA	Quote: Quote: Might be easier to just find a local wheel repair/modify place and have them toss the rotors in their mill or what ever they use to redrill wheels and get it done in a few minutes. My wheel guy drilled my rotors out...took me longer to drive there and back to pick them up then to have them done. (in hindsight, I should have drilled my hubs to Mercedes bolt pattern and have the wheels drilled the same, save having to modify the rotors..but oh well. ) If you do that then you must change the rear aswell. Best thing to do is adjust the MB rotors by going to a machine shop and let them dril the holes. Bring the hubs also so they can adjust the center hole on a lathe... Wouldn't have been any need to change the rear really in my case at least. It is not like I would ever rotate the wheels, so different bolt patterns wouldn't have really mattered. (I run 8" wheels up front and 10.5" in the rear. ) Either way, it's no big deal to get the front rotors redrilled in my case when I happen to need to change them.

Re: Is 380 mm rotors large enough for you? [Re: OzHemi] #1556674 04/01/14 06:09 PM 04/01/14 06:09 PM
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feets Senior Management Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 28,078 Irving, TX	Quote: Either way, it's no big deal to get the front rotors redrilled in my case when I happen to need to change them. Same here. I don't even have to leave the house. We are brothers and sisters doing time on the planet for better or worse. I'll take the better, if you don't mind. - Stu Harmon

Re: Is 380 mm rotors large enough for you? [Re: feets] #1556675 04/02/14 01:00 AM 04/02/14 01:00 AM
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astjp2 OP master Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 4,785 Utah and Alaska	My lathe is not up and running nor is my mill, both are getting a full rebuild and rescraping. I can hold a .005 tolerance with the tooling I have made. Tim 1941 Taylorcraft 1968 Charger 1994 Wrangler 1998 Wrangler 2008 Kia Rio 2017 Jetta I didn't do 4 years and 9 months of Graduate School to be called Mister!

Re: Is 380 mm rotors large enough for you? [Re: astjp2] #1556676 04/02/14 05:30 PM 04/02/14 05:30 PM
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feets Senior Management Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 28,078 Irving, TX	Quote: My lathe is not up and running nor is my mill, both are getting a full rebuild and rescraping. I can hold a .005 tolerance with the tooling I have made. Tim How dare you take both machines down at once? We are brothers and sisters doing time on the planet for better or worse. I'll take the better, if you don't mind. - Stu Harmon

Re: Is 380 mm rotors large enough for you? [Re: feets] #1556677 04/03/14 06:39 AM 04/03/14 06:39 AM
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astjp2 OP master Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 4,785 Utah and Alaska	One was given to me in pieces and the other was one that I bought and in the process of rebuilding. The lathe is a 11x36 Rockwell from 1957, the mill is a mid 1970's to late 1980's 6x26 from tiawan. I need to scrape both in and then I can start using them. I am waiting on a few parts for the lathe, a couple of gears, belts and then what ever I find in the varidrive that is not working and need to fix. Its just time and money! tim 1941 Taylorcraft 1968 Charger 1994 Wrangler 1998 Wrangler 2008 Kia Rio 2017 Jetta I didn't do 4 years and 9 months of Graduate School to be called Mister!

Re: Is 380 mm rotors large enough for you? [Re: astjp2] #1556678 04/12/14 05:15 PM 04/12/14 05:15 PM
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astjp2 OP master Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 4,785 Utah and Alaska	Well I came up with enough for 1 caliper, this thing is frikn huge! I am wondering what the hole at the top of the caliper is for? That is a size 11 foot to compare it to! 8110119-Caliper.jpg (107 downloads) 1941 Taylorcraft 1968 Charger 1994 Wrangler 1998 Wrangler 2008 Kia Rio 2017 Jetta I didn't do 4 years and 9 months of Graduate School to be called Mister!

Re: Is 380 mm rotors large enough for you? [Re: astjp2] #1556679 04/12/14 05:16 PM 04/12/14 05:16 PM
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astjp2 OP master Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 4,785 Utah and Alaska	6 each 40 mm pistons, they are all the same size! 8110122-Caliper2.jpg (122 downloads) 1941 Taylorcraft 1968 Charger 1994 Wrangler 1998 Wrangler 2008 Kia Rio 2017 Jetta I didn't do 4 years and 9 months of Graduate School to be called Mister!

Re: Is 380 mm rotors large enough for you? [Re: astjp2] #1556680 04/12/14 08:03 PM 04/12/14 08:03 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 104,346 Garden Grove, CA OzHemi Penguin-hating Ginger
OzHemi Penguin-hating Ginger Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 104,346 Garden Grove, CA	Only six piston? 8 is nicer. As for that hole....my calipers have a bridge across the center (since they are larger I assume?) but maybe it was for a pad wear sensor of some sort maybe for your's? Feets would probably know.

Re: Is 380 mm rotors large enough for you? [Re: OzHemi] #1556681 04/12/14 10:19 PM 04/12/14 10:19 PM
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astjp2 OP master Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 4,785 Utah and Alaska	The pictures online show a special bolt, now where I am going to find one of those? They are not on the dealership listing.... 1941 Taylorcraft 1968 Charger 1994 Wrangler 1998 Wrangler 2008 Kia Rio 2017 Jetta I didn't do 4 years and 9 months of Graduate School to be called Mister!

Re: Is 380 mm rotors large enough for you? [Re: astjp2] #1556682 04/12/14 11:14 PM 04/12/14 11:14 PM
Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 813 Ontario,Canada brads70 super stock
brads70 super stock Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 813 Ontario,Canada	I agree the hole is for a bridge spacer and bolt. I'd just use a socket head capscrew and a tube spacer (simple lathe job) if you can't find the proper parts. Last edited by brads70; 04/12/14 11:17 PM.

Re: Is 380 mm rotors large enough for you? [Re: astjp2] #1556683 04/13/14 12:16 AM 04/13/14 12:16 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 104,346 Garden Grove, CA OzHemi Penguin-hating Ginger
OzHemi Penguin-hating Ginger Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 104,346 Garden Grove, CA	Here is what mine look like..

Re: Is 380 mm rotors large enough for you? [Re: OzHemi] #1556684 04/13/14 12:40 AM 04/13/14 12:40 AM
Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 4,785 Utah and Alaska astjp2 OP master
astjp2 OP master Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 4,785 Utah and Alaska	These are a stretch bolt for this caliper, I have seen them used on aircraft before. This is what I need.... 8110621-Tiebolt.jpg (123 downloads) 1941 Taylorcraft 1968 Charger 1994 Wrangler 1998 Wrangler 2008 Kia Rio 2017 Jetta I didn't do 4 years and 9 months of Graduate School to be called Mister!

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