Just bought one at an auction and one of the rear rotors is paper thin and rusted to hell. I have no idea how someone managed to do this lol

Tom Jelinek I can’t find anyone who does that any more. Used it in the old days but it seems shops rather charge for replacing and up selling than fixing.

The honest truth is you dont need to resurface your rotors unless they are pitted or warped. your new pads will do two things, forms to the rotor and wear down the rotor and themselves based on the individual pads. resurfacing rotors when not needed will shorten the life of the rotor and not actually improve braking. Ive been at this for nearly 40 years so I know the truth.

@@therodecclesshow2070 Most worn rotors begin to shake the car when braking. A slight washboard, or warp, is a wave function, and inevitable in a changing surface. And resurfacing smooths that out.

​@@Krakondackrear rotors only cost me 30 bucks a pop so might as well just replace them.

I have an 09 and the 2nd cylinder was misfiring also. Replaced the coil pack and it fixed the issue.

Did he only pay $1100 for the Scion? I'm considering buying the exact same one for $2000. It does have a few issues. Brakes are one of them. A car lot offered the seller $2000 cash right in front of me. So naturally I can't offer the seller any less.

Man im jealous. I just got one for 3k and I'm trying to fix it up and sell it for 4.5

He should just even off the edges.

@gear head Nonsense... Really? Seems like a reasonable question to me especially when other sources say it's not always necessary. In fact, to pass inspection in our state the pads and rotors are only required to meet minimum thickness specs. There are no requirements for resurfacing the rotors. www.doityourself.com/stry/repair-brake-rotor-how-to-resurface-a-brake-rotor

It should be machined besides he’s a perfectionist if just half the mechanics where as thorough and as conscientious as he is mechanics would have better repp

The school of thought with that is it is best start of with a true flat surface when installing pads. Either resurfaced or purchase a quality replacement. You can always put new pads on old unsurfaced rotors. But in his case he wanted to start off with a fresh surface and it just so happens that he has his own brake lathe. For him it was a no cost process that gave him the piece of mind that he was working with a true flat surface. Just my 2 cents.

@@erikcox1947 That makes sense but... Since he hasn't answered the question for himself we're assuming that's the reasoning. The vehicle owner may have been interested in extending the life of the rotors but was he even given an option? Likely being the rear rotors which normally last longer than the front, it's a somewhat mute point. (Especially if the rotors were already on there for 100,000 miles.) My reason for asking is that I was told that my rear pads should be replaced soon. I have a 2009 RAV4 with the OEM rotors still on the back but my vehicle only has 41,000 miles on it. If my rotors look as good as these then I doubt that I will have them resurfaced especially since I would have to walk them to a shop that does the service and I have only the one car. I haven't looked at them myself. Maybe they're good for another 9,000 miles?