Drum brake machining
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_lxhatch_jim_
, Mar 02 2006 10:22 AM
9 replies to this topic
#1 _lxhatch_jim_
Posted 02 March 2006 - 10:22 AM
Lads. How much should I expect to pay for machining a set of drums?
Cheers
jim
Cheers
jim
#2
Posted 02 March 2006 - 10:32 AM
going rate is $100- here, i have a lathe at home so i just bolt them up to and old axle and stick em through and machine it like that lol (dodgy i know does the job though)
#3
Posted 02 March 2006 - 10:44 AM
we used to charge $25ea for the machining + whatever it cost to pull them off the car.
#4 _Perth Brake Parts_
Posted 02 March 2006 - 11:54 AM
$25 each here too
#5 _lxhatch_jim_
Posted 02 March 2006 - 02:33 PM
Thanks for that. I had a felling that $175 for the pair was a little rich.
#6
Posted 02 March 2006 - 02:53 PM
Fark I asked my teacher the other day and he said I could machine mine at school... that I will do very soon.
#7
Posted 02 March 2006 - 03:10 PM
without knowing how big your lathe is...you may need an axle as the lathe may not be small enough to fit the centre hole.
wrap a bike chain and spring (accelerator spring..nothing to heavy) around it or it will get a harmonic ring in it and cut wrong..make sure speeds and feeds are right.
I stuffed a perfectly useable drum thinking it would all be right.
wrap a bike chain and spring (accelerator spring..nothing to heavy) around it or it will get a harmonic ring in it and cut wrong..make sure speeds and feeds are right.
I stuffed a perfectly useable drum thinking it would all be right.
#8
Posted 02 March 2006 - 08:44 PM
Shit, we dont come across drums very often, we sub let a fair few sets of discs out at the workshop i work at.
I would have thought drums would cost about the same as discs to machine....$15- $25 each?
I hope so when i come to have the ones on my 9 inch machined!
I would have thought drums would cost about the same as discs to machine....$15- $25 each?
I hope so when i come to have the ones on my 9 inch machined!
#9
Posted 03 March 2006 - 07:23 AM
i have a large belt (old belt drive) that runs around the drum then down to a home made roller on the bench, helps with vibration and keeps it on the straight and narrow.
I must of learned that exact same lesson as you FastEH, can remember a drum that ended up lookin like an egg lol
I must of learned that exact same lesson as you FastEH, can remember a drum that ended up lookin like an egg lol
#10 _draglc_
Posted 03 March 2006 - 12:34 PM
Checkpoint did mine for about $15 each, i took them off of course.
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