Brake disc skimming

[Franwilliam]

Hi guys,

 

Does anyone knows a workshop that can do skim brake disc with a good price? My is starting to vibrate when I brake from high speed..If you guys happen to know please share the info..Thank alot in advance and have a Merry Xmas to y'all

 

William

[lausai88]

Brake disc skimming was common practice 25 plus years ago. The easy availability of cheap replacement discs sort of killed it though. Haven't heard of disc skimming being offered as a service since the mid 90's...until now.

I remember going to a trade show with a friend and his Dad (who was a mechanic) and a tool company rep was demonstrating a machine that skimmed discs while still on the car. This was in 1988 so I don't remember the specifics of it (non-directional resurfacing?), but I remember the cost of the equipment was high enough for my friend's Dad to rubbish the rep and his demo as the time it took to remove the disc wasn't worth the higher cost of the machine.

Who could have imagined that 23 years later such a machine would have PHers queueing up!.

 

 

Above I copied from other forum....!

[Tohto]

Hi guys,

 

Does anyone knows a workshop that can do skim brake disc with a good price? My is starting to vibrate when I brake from high speed..If you guys happen to know please share the info..Thank alot in advance and have a Merry Xmas to y'all

 

William

 

OEM disc are not ex, for the safety of others road user...

Please change the disc..

[Ivanpaseo]

now rotor is cheal. it would be better off buying new one. u can get OEM cheaply nowadays

[Fuelsaver]

Yes, I concur w above bros on change to oem ones. Prev mine oso same issue. Found a stockist selling vetto brand - less than 100 for a front pair, wc same cost for skimming. Just pay a bit labor settle liao. Do change brake pad as well if u should replace brake disc / rotor.

[RadX]

Click link below. Discussed many times in mcf

 

http://www.mycarforum.com/index.php?RPG=&app=core&DIS=&module=search&do=quick_search&req=&search_app=forums&search_content=titles&fullsearch=all&search_term=Skim

 

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