OVER 9000!

Hi guys, I just did the basic brake maintenance (ATE Superblue, Hawk HP+ pads, and Challenge ss brake lines) to get ready for my first track day in May and a friend highly suggested that I get my rotors turned over and that it would help prevent warping and other damage to the rotors. The problem is my friends and I could not get the two screws to budge on the front hubs and they are, for the most part, stripped. So how important is it for a track day? I am wanting to know because I'd rather pay the $50-$70 to have the screws drilled out and the rotors turned over than buy new rotors and having to pay to have the screws removed anyways. Any thoughts?

macr88

Read here
https://www.s2ki.com/s2000/topic/926...ce-brake-pads/

macr88

You also need to buy yourself an impact driver for those screws, they're like 10-15 bucks at sears.
http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_1...2&blockType=G2

I guess they're 20-25 bucks

shadow36

for what it is worth, I never get my rotors turned. Every time I put a new set of brake pads on, I typically use a new pair of cheap-o centric blanks (they are about 25 dollars each for the fronts, and 22 for the rears). Also, after I got the set screws out of the rotors, I never replace them.

Also, just a "more you know" tid bit, it is called "getting rotors turned" because the machining process is called a "turning" operation on a rotating lathe.

OVER 9000!

Thanks mac! So essentially "cleaning the rotor with an abrasive pad", as stated in the video, is a DIY way of turning the rotors?

OVER 9000!

Have the cheap-o rotors ever given you problems?

Haha okay, thanks.

boyguan

I turn rotors because it's free for me to do. If I had to pay. I'd just buy new ones once they crack. I always use the same pad compounds anyways. Cheap rotors for the win

CKit

You could buy a drill bit and borrow a friend's drill and do it yourself. Once you get the screws out, most of the track people don't replace them. And you have to do it anyway at some point, right?

Legion

I second the impact driver, they are incredibly useful on anything that is rusty, it will save you a lot of headaches.

aCab

I wouldn't turn them. Turning them makes them thinner, causing them to heat up and cool down quicker - which makes them much more prone to crack. Ask me how I know.