Brake rotors! Guess the weight!

**JJinLV** · 08-11-2021, 09:13 PM

Hey all! Picked up from a few mechanic clients today. Here is one of their rotor loads. How much weight does this look like? Closest guess wins an attaboy and a firm handshake!

**greytruck** · 08-11-2021, 09:40 PM

900 lbs

**CopperMiner** · 08-11-2021, 11:21 PM

1020 lbs

**JJinLV** · 08-11-2021, 11:34 PM

So far greytruck is closer than CopperMiner!

**IamTheGreatest** · 08-12-2021, 05:42 AM

844.25 lbs

**mthomasdev** · 08-12-2021, 09:45 AM

600 pounds

**kss** · 08-12-2021, 10:08 AM

My guess was going to be 600 but someone already guessed that, so Im gunna go with 650lbs

**alloy2** · 08-12-2021, 10:42 AM

Originally Posted by JJinLV

Hey all! Picked up from a few mechanic clients today. Here is one of their rotor loads. How much weight does this look like? Closest guess wins an attaboy and a firm handshake!

By the looks of most of those they would pass inspection.

**jimicrk** · 08-12-2021, 02:25 PM

Tree fiddy

**Patriot76** · 08-12-2021, 07:22 PM

753 lbs. The transfer case threw me off so the middle of the road is the guess.

**hills** · 08-12-2021, 07:43 PM

950 lbs

**hills** · 08-12-2021, 08:03 PM

Originally Posted by alloy2

By the looks of most of those they would pass inspection.

Times have changed. A lot of shops throw on a new set of rotors when they do a brake job. They don't use the brake lathe to true them up anymore. They make most of their money on parts markup. You could go through the labor of cutting them but it would probably cost more and you would have less meat on the rotor. You would also have to spend time looking up the minimum thickness spec on a cut rotor. Lot's of fiddling around. With a new rotor and new pads ... everything is back to OEM spec in the most efficient way possible.

Turn n burn ! Bang em' in and bang em' out ! Make the most amount of money in the shortest amount of time these days.

**JJinLV** · 08-12-2021, 08:46 PM

Originally Posted by Patriot76

753 lbs. The transfer case threw me off so the middle of the road is the guess.

Pretty close!

**JJinLV** · 08-12-2021, 08:48 PM

Originally Posted by hills

Times have changed. A lot of shops throw on a new set of rotors when they do a brake job. They don't use the brake lathe to true them up anymore. They make most of their money on parts markup. You could go through the labor of cutting them but it would probably cost more and you would have less meat on the rotor. You would also have to spend time looking up the minimum thickness spec on a cut rotor. Lot's of fiddling around. With a new rotor and new pads ... everything is back to OEM spec in the most efficient way possible.

Turn n burn ! Bang em' in and bang em' out ! Make the most amount of money in the shortest amount of time these days.

This fella actually refinishes rotors in his shop and still scrapped these.

**CopperMiner** · 08-12-2021, 10:03 PM

Originally Posted by hills

Times have changed. A lot of shops throw on a new set of rotors when they do a brake job. They don't use the brake lathe to true them up anymore. They make most of their money on parts markup. You could go through the labor of cutting them but it would probably cost more and you would have less meat on the rotor. You would also have to spend time looking up the minimum thickness spec on a cut rotor. Lot's of fiddling around. With a new rotor and new pads ... everything is back to OEM spec in the most efficient way possible.

Turn n burn ! Bang em' in and bang em' out ! Make the most amount of money in the shortest amount of time these days.

I just replaced those on my daily ride like 3 months ago. They can't true them anymore (it was the first thing I asked them for), because new rotors are too thin and new pads too hard. It requires now to replace both of them. They're not cheap neither, but the good part is they supposed to last for years. On the other hand, my old GMC Savana I used at my former job was always at the garage and brake pads were replaced like 4-5 times per year. Not the same mileage, but if rotors lasts longer, it can be cheaper on the long end.

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