Help removing brake discs and storing car a few days (QLD)

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Help removing brake discs and storing car a few days (QLD)

Postby Steampunk » Fri Jan 04, 2008 9:49 pm

Hullo fellow Brisbanites I would like to ask a favour;

Can anyone please help me remove all my brake discs and keep my car at their garage just for a few days while the discs are getting machined?

Before you all ask, \"why don't you just take it to the shop and have them do it\",... if I give the discs to a friend of mine, he can get them done for the princely sum of $0.00
The usual barter of a six-pack of your favourite amber-coloured fermented liquid for your troubles ... ? :)

Thanks in advance

Andrew

Or ... can anyone recommend a place to do it for a good price as it needs very little machining.
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Postby Matty » Sat Jan 05, 2008 8:10 am

Does your friend have a twin-tip cutting head?

Don't machine the discs on a standard lathe, you'll never get the thickness runout good enough.

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Postby Steampunk » Sat Jan 05, 2008 8:26 am

My friend is a mechanic for a well-known dealership chain up here.
They just bought a new machining tool (whatever it is), and I'm sure it would be similar to ones used by specialised brake shops.

My discs are actually in very good nick as the surface is as smooth as can be expected, and there is only a hint of lip on the fronts. I am getting new pads next week and I just want to get things 100%.

Thanks for the advice Matty. I might just bite the bullet and get a shop to do it.
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Postby Matty » Sat Jan 05, 2008 9:06 am

If it's a proper disc machining tool (sounds like it is), then all will be fine.

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Re: Help removing brake discs and storing car a few days (QL

Postby TieNN89 » Sat Jan 05, 2008 11:07 am

1red5 wrote:Before you all ask, "why don't you just take it to the shop and have them do it",... if I give the discs to a friend of mine, he can get them done for the princely sum of $0.00


but the other problem is you won't get to drive the mx5 while the disc is getting machined

and how long will it take?

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Postby Steampunk » Sat Jan 05, 2008 11:38 am

I was kinda aiming to have them removed on Sunday so I can give them to my mate to do on Monday and Tuesday, then get them back on the car Tuesday night, then zoom zoom again.
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