Need car brake rotors turned/lathed in Williamson County

[TGO David]

I am wondering if any of you mechanics (pro or shade tree) know of a place in Williamson County that will "turn" or lathe brake rotors.  I need to do a brake job on my F150 and the rotors still have plenty of life on them, but the surface needs to be lathed smooth.

 

There was a place between Smyrna and LaVergne over in Rutherford Co. called 1st Chance Tire or something like that, that would turn rotors for you.  I figure someone on this side of the area does it too, I just haven't been in Williamson County long enough to know where.

 

[nightrunner]

I think O'reileys does that, might check.

[peejman]

Check the price on new rotors.  Last time I looked into that, it was $30 to turn them and $45 for new ones.  O'Reilly was the only place I could find that would do it around here. 

[crossfire]

The O'Reilly in our town will turn them. But check the price for new, not much difference, Like Peejman said.

[NRA]

this ..... if you do go with new do not get the cheep ones they usually warp

[cj0e]

+1 for O'Relly's Auto Parts, where we take ours to be turned.

[2.ooohhh]

Around me there's the Napa store, O'Relly's Auto Parts, and oddly enough Express Oil Change in cool springs had a full ammco brake lathe setup in the back shop last I was there. I've always turned the rotors on my superdutys, they can be turned 2-3 times before min. spec if I catch the pads early enough. Quality replacement rotors for some vehicles are not $30, in fact even cheap rotors for the f350 start at around 3x that.

[bersaguy]

I use O'Reilly's to get mine turned. Since i have not worked on any of the newer trucks, do you have hubs made onto your rotors or are they Hub-less? If they are hub-less I would look at new verses having old ones turned. If they have made in hubs I would have them turned, pack bearings and put in new grease seals ................... :up:

[Caster]

Gateway Tire [Cool Springs] Can turn them while they're on the vehicle.  

[gregintenn]

Gateway Tire [Cool Springs] Can turn them while they're on the vehicle.  

I'd be interested to see that setup.

[Caster]

It's disturbingly simple.

[nightrunner]

It's disturbingly simple.

I fail to see how hard it could be to take the rotors off. It isn't that hard to do, actually pretty simple.

[56FordGuy]

It's disturbingly simple.

 

They take the tires off, then someone puts it in drive while someone else jams a file into the rotor. :lol:

 

Over the years there have been a number of 'on the car' tools that worked well, including brake lathes and tire balancers. Some vehicles, an on the wheel balancer results in a much better ride because it causes you to adjust for unbalanced components in the drive axles, hubs, etc...

[Ski]

They take the tires off, then someone puts it in drive while someone else jams a file into the rotor. :lol:
 
Over the years there have been a number of 'on the car' tools that worked well, including brake lathes and tire balancers. Some vehicles, an on the wheel balancer results in a much better ride because it causes you to adjust for unbalanced components in the drive axles, hubs, etc...

I'm guessing things could go awry if someone tried to rotate tires balanced that way without re-balancing (or some "luck").

[gregintenn]

They take the tires off, then someone puts it in drive while someone else jams a file into the rotor. :lol:

 

Over the years there have been a number of 'on the car' tools that worked well, including brake lathes and tire balancers. Some vehicles, an on the wheel balancer results in a much better ride because it causes you to adjust for unbalanced components in the drive axles, hubs, etc...

That's about what I had pictured in my mind. I still can't imagine a setup that would work on the non drive axle.

[Sam1]

I am wondering if any of you mechanics (pro or shade tree) know of a place in Williamson County that will "turn" or lathe brake rotors.  I need to do a brake job on my F150 and the rotors still have plenty of life on them, but the surface needs to be lathed smooth.

 

There was a place between Smyrna and LaVergne over in Rutherford Co. called 1st Chance Tire or something like that, that would turn rotors for you.  I figure someone on this side of the area does it too, I just haven't been in Williamson County long enough to know where.

 

 

We always buy new rotors now, because we found a way to get them almost as cheap as having them turned.

 

Advance auto is almost always running $40 off $100 purchases if you buy them online; we order two on one order and then 2 on a separate order (same account) and viola, brand new rotors for $120.  If the rotors aren't $50, I'll throw something els eon there for later on like some oil or filters to bump it up over the $100 mark.

[peejman]

In my experience, turned rotors make it half way through the 2nd set of pads. Not worth doing. My wife smoke the brakes off her van and usually doesn't tell me until the backing plate is grinding into the rotor.

I look for the same deal at Advance Auto. The only difference between their 1 yr warranty rotors and 2 yr warranty rotors is the warranty and the price. They're the same rotors.

[bersaguy]

Turning rotors while on the car has been around since the early 80's when FWD vehicles got popular and many of them had rotors that were pressed on so rather then have to use a hub puller to remove the rotor they would turn them on the cars. I used one of them about 10 years before i quit working on cars.