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- My Bike Models
- 1981 GL1100 Innerstate("The Turd")SOLD!!, 1996 GL1500 Innerstate
...I have to call BS on them. I've always heard, here, and other places, that you can NOT turn these Oldwing stainless steel brake rotors on a brake lathe. I'm here to tell you they CAN be done, and quite nicely at that. I have my front and rear rims at the shop to clean them, so I decided to go ahead and see if I could successfully turn the rotors. Have only done the rear one for now, but it cut just fine. I can only do one side at a time, since the lathe cutters will not close down as thin as the bike rotors are, but doing one side at a time did not present any problems. No chattering, no vibrations, no apocalypse....no sky falling. After cutting both sides, I went over it while the lathe was still turning with a Scotchlock disc, spinning in a die grinder to give the surfaces a non-directional finish, meaning it knocks down the "grooves" left from cutting the rotors. I'm very pleased with this one rotor that I have done. I did find that, on this rear rotor, the surface was tapered...the inner surface, close to the center, was thicker than the outer surface closer to the outside edge. The brake pads I remove every time I do pads are also tapered like this...thinner at the top than the bottom. Prolly need to make sure the caliper(s) are square with the rotors when I re-assemble everything, but I'm absolutely certain my rear brake will now work like it's supposed to...even tho I rarely ever use it anyway.
So....just to recap, I was able to turn at least the rear rotor, and it came out fine. I'll see how the front ones do tomorrow.
k:
So....just to recap, I was able to turn at least the rear rotor, and it came out fine. I'll see how the front ones do tomorrow.
k:
