Hi guys, I just did the basic brake maintenance (ATE Superblue, Hawk HP+ pads, and Challenge ss brake lines) to get ready for my first track day in May and a friend highly suggested that I get my rotors turned over and that it would help prevent warping and other damage to the rotors. The problem is my friends and I could not get the two screws to budge on the front hubs and they are, for the most part, stripped. So how important is it for a track day? I am wanting to know because I'd rather pay the $50-$70 to have the screws drilled out and the rotors turned over than buy new rotors and having to pay to have the screws removed anyways. Any thoughts?

 

Read here
https://www.s2ki.com/s2000/topic/926...ce-brake-pads/

 

You also need to buy yourself an impact driver for those screws, they're like 10-15 bucks at sears.
http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_1...2&blockType=G2

I guess they're 20-25 bucks

 

for what it is worth, I never get my rotors turned. Every time I put a new set of brake pads on, I typically use a new pair of cheap-o centric blanks (they are about 25 dollars each for the fronts, and 22 for the rears). Also, after I got the set screws out of the rotors, I never replace them.

Also, just a "more you know" tid bit, it is called "getting rotors turned" because the machining process is called a "turning" operation on a rotating lathe.

 

Thanks mac! So essentially "cleaning the rotor with an abrasive pad", as stated in the video, is a DIY way of turning the rotors?

 

Have the cheap-o rotors ever given you problems?

Haha okay, thanks.

 

I turn rotors because it's free for me to do. If I had to pay. I'd just buy new ones once they crack. I always use the same pad compounds anyways. Cheap rotors for the win

 

You could buy a drill bit and borrow a friend's drill and do it yourself. Once you get the screws out, most of the track people don't replace them. And you have to do it anyway at some point, right?

 

I second the impact driver, they are incredibly useful on anything that is rusty, it will save you a lot of headaches.

 

I wouldn't turn them. Turning them makes them thinner, causing them to heat up and cool down quicker - which makes them much more prone to crack. Ask me how I know.