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JDF
03-21-2004, 07:49 AM
Anyone have a source for 3/16 or 1/4 cast iron plate for brake rotors? Tried all our usual source and came up empty.

Thanks
JDF
03-21-2004, 07:49 AM
Anyone have a source for 3/16 or 1/4 cast iron plate for brake rotors? Tried all our usual source and came up empty.

Thanks
MikeWaggoner at UW
03-21-2004, 09:47 AM
Brake rotors from junkyard. It's hard to find non-ventilated ones big enough, but a lot of trucks and older VW vanagons had them (9 or 10 inch?). All you have to do it turn them off the hub to fit.
Sam Zimmerman
03-21-2004, 05:04 PM
Give these guys a call. They might not have it but they have been great about calling around and finding anything we have asked them for.

Cd'A METALS
3900 E Broadway
Spokane WA 99202
Office: 800-572-0516 or 509-535-6363
FAX: 509-536-5415
Buckingham
03-22-2004, 09:27 AM
I looked around for a long time and found no results. Just buy solid round and saw or lathe it into disks.

Donavan Haidinger
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Big Daddy
03-23-2004, 06:15 AM
If your school had a foundry you could get a class to cast you some for free http://fsae.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif
ben
03-23-2004, 08:13 AM
We have a lot of manufacturing and machining research in our department and we managed to source some off them.

Maybe if your uni has a materials and metalurgy department that might be worth a look?

Ben
Brian Smith
03-23-2004, 08:43 PM
http://www.mexgrocer.com/9115.html
jack
03-23-2004, 10:34 PM
hahahahaha

thats a pretty good idea though, brain.

hehehe

[This message was edited by jack on March 24, 2004 at 12:56 AM.]
JDF
03-24-2004, 09:39 AM
Brian, thats brilliant. You're acutally the third person to recomend that. As much as I'd like to try it out, I got some slices of Durabar coming in Friday, so we're set.

Thanks for all the suggestions