Brake Rotor Help- Houston

Silverspeed · 11-19-2009, 08:15 PM

I've got some two piece Baer drilled and slotted rotors that have some pad build up that I want to get ground off. Anyone know a place in Houston that has a Blanchard grinder, or that can turn drilled and slotted rotors? I live on the NW side and work in Spring so the closer the better. Thanks for the help.

Wisdom · 11-19-2009, 11:04 PM

How about Standard Auto Parts? Can't they turn it down for you?

back 40 · 11-20-2009, 12:34 AM

They are not exactly close but Monument Chevrolet turned my Z-06 rotors.

Silverspeed · 11-20-2009, 12:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Wisdom

How about Standard Auto Parts? Can't they turn it down for you?

I haven't asked them, but several I have asked can't. You can't turn a drilled and slotted the same way as a regular rotor. Don't really understand why, but that's what I've been told and read.

VCar · 11-23-2009, 02:39 PM

Try Corvettes of Houston. They did mine in October.

tommie · 11-23-2009, 03:10 PM

what do they have to have to machine drilled/slotted?

Silverspeed · 11-23-2009, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by tommie

what do they have to have to machine drilled/slotted?

From how I understand it, they either have to be Blanchard ground, or the machine they use to turn them has to use a positive rake.

Nobody in Houston has turned drilled and slotted rotors?

Silverspeed · 11-23-2009, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by VCar

Try Corvettes of Houston. They did mine in October.

Just saw this. I actually thought of them today when I drove by their place.

Thanks for the help.

tommie · 11-23-2009, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Silverspeed

From how I understand it, they either have to be Blanchard ground, or the machine they use to turn them has to use a positive rake.

Nobody in Houston has turned drilled and slotted rotors?

Hmmmm...

I have a Hunter BL505 brake lathe at work.... I have never machined drilled/slotted rotors because I was always told that you could not machine them.....

link to brake lathe

also on the 2nd page of the PDF they say that the brake lathe comes with positive rake bits....

link to pdf...

If the positive rake thing is true... then i should be able to machine them.....

is this true?

Silverspeed · 11-24-2009, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by tommie

Hmmmm...

I have a Hunter BL505 brake lathe at work.... I have never machined drilled/slotted rotors because I was always told that you could not machine them.....

link to brake lathe

also on the 2nd page of the PDF they say that the brake lathe comes with positive rake bits....

link to pdf...

If the positive rake thing is true... then i should be able to machine them.....

is this true?

I'm pretty sure it is, I found this in another post:

Their was a GM tech tip that came out in May of 2005 that states.

Cross-drilled brake rotors are being used on the 2005 1/2 Pontiac Grand Prix GXP, and available on the 2005 Chevrolet C6 Corvette and the upcoming Cadillac XLR-V.

If required, these brake rotors can be machined on a lathe in a similar manner to standard rotors.

TIP: When cutting rotors, use positive rake tooling on the lathe. Positive rake tooling requires less cutting pressure, reduces chatter, and improves surface finish. When setting up the brake lathe, be sure to use a vibration dampener/silencer.

Using SI procedures, apply a non-directional finish to the rotor surface after machining by using a sanding block and 150-grit aluminum oxide sandpaper.
- Thanks to Fred Tebbets and Rob Coultes, GM Techlink, May 2005
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tommie · 11-25-2009, 05:12 PM

cool...thanks for the info....just need to try it now.....

tommie · 11-28-2009, 12:07 PM

i am willing to try my brake lathe listed above......if anyone has any used rotors they want to use for test subjects.........

i'm on the n/e side of houston...brake lathe is in atascocita.......

tomlink · 11-30-2009, 11:02 PM

Check with Frank Coleman at Franks Vettes in Spring on Louetta just west of I-45. I just had my rotors replaced at Franks. I'm sure he could machine yours. He is definitely one of the best Vette mechanics in Houston.

LoneStarFRC · 12-04-2009, 01:40 AM

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Originally Posted by tomlink

Check with Frank Coleman at Franks Vettes in Spring on Louetta just west of I-45. I just had my rotors replaced at Franks. I'm sure he could machine yours. He is definitely one of the best Vette mechanics in Houston.

I too have heard some nice things in the past about them and I was about to suggest them. They specialize in Vettes.