How to deglaze rotors |
How to deglaze rotors |
Oct 9, 2012 - 10:47 PM |
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Enthusiast Joined Sep 30, '11 From Sydney Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Hi guys,
Went to the track the other day and left my race pads at home. So used the normal street pads. They got WAY too hot and the rotors are horribly glazed. Lots of brown pants moments when the pedal is down but nothing happens. It was suggested by a friend that i take the rotors off and use a cup brush(wire brush on an angle grinder) to remove it then use fine grades of sand paper to smooth it out and of course rub the pads on concrete. Wanting to know if anyone can comment on this method and/or propose a different one? Thanks, Reece |
Nov 18, 2012 - 2:20 AM |
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Enthusiast Joined Sep 30, '11 From Sydney Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Checked the thickness and all are within spec!
Did the de-glazing about 2 weeks ago so here are the results: Glazed and greasy state(from my fingers): Attacked with a cup brush on the angle grinder to remove glaze: After doing that I tried two different methods to give them a nice finish 1. Sanding with coarse sand paper then getting finer 2. Sand with emery cloth in circular motion then go over them quickly again with the cup brush. Realised I don't have a picture of this but here the pic of the one above that i repaired by using the emery cloth and another quick go with the angle grinder. Option 2 came out with a much better finish so I did the rest of them using that. Sorry for the crappy pics I only had my mobile phone handy. From the advice given I decided to just use the race pads all the time to save the hassle of changing them over all the time. Lastly the feel of the non-glazed rotors is amazing. I can't say ive driven on a brand new set of rotors or resurfaced rotors but these must come pretty close. So I am very happy with how they turned out and would recommend this method to anyone. It ended up taking about an hour/wheel. Thanks again guys for the advice, much appreciated! |
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