straightening brake rotors?

[cshaffer66]

can you straighten rotors?  The outside curb in turn 6 at blackhawk decided it didn't like my rotor straight.  Its not bent badly, but its no longer perfect, or usable.  

If you know of a place, let me know.  Thanks

If you know of one or a set for sale, drop a line.  cshaffer750@hotmail.com

[gma]

WTF did you ask?

You didn't say 'straighten a brake rotor', did you?

Are you out of your freakin' mind?

You sure bixe are for you?

Are you allowed to vote?

Can you have kids?

FK!

Bend 'em back and race. You might not win, but you should get a Darwin Award.

OMFG

[Jeff]

Yes.  I've had a set of 600rr rotors straightened several times.  www.framestraightsystem.com

[KBOlsen]

More often than not, isn't the carrier what gets bent, since it is made of a softer material than the actual brake rotor?

[L8brake731]

I would ask; "how bad are they?"

If the rotors took a hit that only indicated 0.050 or less runout, then I would definitely have someone true them.

Rotors are made from some pretty soft material, I have seen some extremely tweaked ones that had to be s@%t canned but never one that broke.

A machine shop or a reputable MC shop would be able to true it if it's not too bad.

So, go vote and have kids!

[gma]

Touche, L8 ...

The only thing I've ever heard of on this topic is to not fk around with welds, things that seal, bear loads or stop a vehicle.

Just the engineer in me.

I just don't like watching people get hurt. It's always worse when people stand around afterwards and say, "If only he didn't re-use that kotter pin 16 times ...".

Welp - I truly hope you get it straightened out - no pun intended.

Be safe, have fun and don't fk up.

[Frank_Angel]

Check with Piazza at Frame Straight Systems, he's done quite a few that I've sent him and they come back perfect.

[Xian_13]

I'm with homewrecker...

If one part on your bike failed...
Whats the last thing you want it to be?

XIII

[the_weggie_man]

duh...the rider? ;D ;D ;D

[Xian_13]

duh...the rider? ;D ;D ;D

Just try and safety wire that loose nut  :o ;D


XIII

[james-redsv]

So I guess you should trash forks if you get a slight bend in them from a crash too? What about straighting bent wheels, should you trash those too. How about frames, I guess there would be no need for GMD computrack, you just toss the bent parts.  You can straighten bent rotors and carriers too, as long as there are no cracks, just sent them to someone who knows what they are doing.

[Super Dave]

How good does something have to be?

There are stock frames that come bent.  Mine is included in that.  What is the function?

Like someone said, how bent is it.  Lots of things on a motorcycle still work when "bent"...forks, frames, wheels.  Won't work like it should...

But if you've got a bend in a rotor, at that point, it's gonna push on the pads, which push on the brake pistions.  Can diminish any ability one has of using their brakes...

Brakes are one of those things that one needs to work NOW.  To slow down, or even aid in falling down to keep from getting harmed.  A bent rotor might prevent that.  Yeah, the other things too, but I won races with bent wheels, frame, forks and triple clamps.  With a lack of brakes...there's no cushion.