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mbwicz
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On the 70 hubs I worked on last month, the swedges were flush or slightly below the surface of the hub. I have seen these tools but was concerned at the amount of material that needed to be removed from the hub to clear the swedge. I got away with knocking the studs thru and the new studs seated fully. Maybe I was just lucky. Mike |
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1970 AMX, one step forward, one step back. Both steps cost time and money.
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AMXFSTBK390
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The PO had a inexperienced brake shop work on the brakes. The mechanic evidently pounded the studs out and damaged the hub. Look at thr base of the studs at the top of photo. The mechanic did a hack job and created a dangerous situation. There are small chunks of the hub missing. The rotors had been recently machined. Inexcusable.
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Questions are powerful tools...what's in your toolbox?
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ramblinrev
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All of this would lead me back to the suggestion "If the brakes are working well, and if your pads are good and thick, and you don't use the brakes hard (like mountain driving or racing)" I'd leave them alone for now!
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74 Hornet Hatchback X twins (since 1977)
62 American Convertible (still worth the $50 I spent in 1973!) AMCRC #513, AMO #384 70 AMX 360 4-speed (since 1981) |
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Nardo
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Maybe this is just an urban legend, but I remember my High School auto shop teacher telling us that the reason for the minimum thickness on any rotor was because the surface of the rotors was hardened and once you removed that hardened layer it would lead to accelerated wear and brake failure.
Unless that is just legend, I'd be looking for a set of replacement rotors.
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tomj
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re: the swage-removal tool: someone on this forum pointed out that a 1/2" hole saw in a drill press, without the center drill, does a decent job of cutting the swage. It also ruins the metal around the lug. I have not done this.
But that's not the hub metal, it's the drum. If you are gonna replace it anyway you don't care.
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