Where should I buy Rotors and Drums?
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Re: Where should I buy Rotors and Drums?
"Jerry Bransford" <jerrypb@mecox.net> wrote in message
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> "Earle Horton" <enfermero_diabolico@registerednurses.com> wrote in message
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> > "Jerry Bransford" <jerrypb@mecox.net> wrote in message
> > news:vXx6b.46448$Qy4.42539@fed1read05...
> > --snip--
> > > So there are very real differences in factory and aftermarket rotors,
> > > if
> > > you know what to ask for. Which reminds me, few sales clerks in
> > > auto parts stores know the difference between composite and cast
> > > rotors
> > > and will likely give you a blank stare if you ask for cast rotors...
> > > as
> > > happened again recently to me when I had to buy new rotors while
> > > installing new larger diameter front manual hubs on my TJ.
> > >
> > Maybe if you asked for the "heavy" rotors instead of "cast." ;o)
> >
> > Why did you go to the larger hubs, if you don't mind my asking? Did you
> > turn the stock size into metal shavings, or is this just a precautionary
> > measure?
>
> The Warn manual hubs have a larger hub diameter, too large for a standard
> rotor to fit over. So I had to have the center hole for the rotors turned
> to a larger inside diameter to fit over the new Warn hubs.
>
Oh, I thought you might have gone from the small Warn hubs that fit stock
Wrangler wheels, to the larger hubs that fit CJ wheels. Do you have any
thoughts on that? I am going to go to Warn hubs sooner or later, and I
don't want to have to buy new hubs twice...
Earle
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> "Earle Horton" <enfermero_diabolico@registerednurses.com> wrote in message
> news:bjecb8$ht57r$1@ID-147790.news.uni-berlin.de...
> > "Jerry Bransford" <jerrypb@mecox.net> wrote in message
> > news:vXx6b.46448$Qy4.42539@fed1read05...
> > --snip--
> > > So there are very real differences in factory and aftermarket rotors,
> > > if
> > > you know what to ask for. Which reminds me, few sales clerks in
> > > auto parts stores know the difference between composite and cast
> > > rotors
> > > and will likely give you a blank stare if you ask for cast rotors...
> > > as
> > > happened again recently to me when I had to buy new rotors while
> > > installing new larger diameter front manual hubs on my TJ.
> > >
> > Maybe if you asked for the "heavy" rotors instead of "cast." ;o)
> >
> > Why did you go to the larger hubs, if you don't mind my asking? Did you
> > turn the stock size into metal shavings, or is this just a precautionary
> > measure?
>
> The Warn manual hubs have a larger hub diameter, too large for a standard
> rotor to fit over. So I had to have the center hole for the rotors turned
> to a larger inside diameter to fit over the new Warn hubs.
>
Oh, I thought you might have gone from the small Warn hubs that fit stock
Wrangler wheels, to the larger hubs that fit CJ wheels. Do you have any
thoughts on that? I am going to go to Warn hubs sooner or later, and I
don't want to have to buy new hubs twice...
Earle
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