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Old 12-02-2016, 12:28 PM   #10
Meir
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Originally Posted by jcslocum View Post
Rule of thumb is when the friction material is the same thickness as the backing plate, then it's time to replace.

Measuring the rotor thickness is more tricky. The ridge and grooves make it hard to get a real accurate measurement of the thickness. There is a special gauge for this:



How many miles on the car??
nice tool.
i went mcgiver, and made main from a $10 HF caliper, 2nuts and hot glue.
on a second thought, the original macgyver would probably use chewing gum instead of hot glue
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