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I need to do my brakes on my work van. It's an 06 Chevy E3500. The rotors all had plenty of meat left on them so I decided I was gonna try and turn them myself. I located it from the hub area and bolted them to a face plate. I had to remove the gap bed section so that the rotor would clear the ways. I have a 12" lathe and these rotors are like 14" in diameter. It took me a while to figure out how to mount and locate the first one but now that I have it figured out the next 3 won't take long at all.
Now I can do my brakes at my leisure plus save about $80 to turn the 4 rotors. It takes about an hour and a half to do 1 rotor, because i can only do one side at a time, I can walk away from the machine and let her run on auto cross feed.
I had to use a large boring bar to get the reach I needed. But it worked out well. It's obviously not as quick as using a Brake lathe.
I basically did it because I can. If I was busy, I would just brought them to get turned, but they don't work nights and weekends and I do. They mic up nice all the way around, within .0005. I'm happy about it.
It's gonna cost me about $100 to do brakes on all 4 wheels with the new ceramic pads. Can't beat that with a stick!
Marcel
Now I can do my brakes at my leisure plus save about $80 to turn the 4 rotors. It takes about an hour and a half to do 1 rotor, because i can only do one side at a time, I can walk away from the machine and let her run on auto cross feed.
I had to use a large boring bar to get the reach I needed. But it worked out well. It's obviously not as quick as using a Brake lathe.
I basically did it because I can. If I was busy, I would just brought them to get turned, but they don't work nights and weekends and I do. They mic up nice all the way around, within .0005. I'm happy about it.
It's gonna cost me about $100 to do brakes on all 4 wheels with the new ceramic pads. Can't beat that with a stick!
Marcel