| Author | Message | ||
     Onebadx1 |
Will polishing the front rotor affect the stopping power? Just got it back. Had slight ware marks from the old pads. Now smooth as glass and almost chrome like How can I be sure this is straight and "true". Wasn't turned on a lathe | ||
| Goldtooth |
why would you polish it??? a few stops with the pads and it will be back to the way it looked before. | ||
| Ratbuell |
You can polish where the pads swipe...but the first time you hit the brakes, it'll look like a brake rotor again. Polish the carrier (center piece), leave the braking surface alone. To check runout, mount it on the wheel and the wheel on the bike. With the wheel in the air, spin it. Hold a pencil steady and lightly against the rotor. If it keeps constant contact...you're true. If it has large areas where it's off the rotor - or if it's a long distance away - you're warped. Usually don't have to worry about it unless you get a pulsing in the chassis when you brake. | ||
| Skntpig |
A cross hatch sanding would be better than polishing to renew a rotor surface. | ||
| Dragonwing |
Hey Scooby, what's a "roror?" DW | ||
| Onebadx1 |
Goldtooth...Why polish the rotor? Because you can't chrome it! But seriously..... I wanted the center of the "ROTOR" (Thats for you Dragonwing)  cleaned up. I have the newer style rotor, which doesn't break apart like the older type. Everything had to be polished together.  | ||
| Buellboiler |
Very nice BadX1 |
