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minimum disc thickness 120-130

posted by  planetman on  Thu Oct 20 19:06 CST 2011
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Hello,

I respectfully disagree.

We have seen other car brands with thinner rotors that have minimum thickness of over .040" undersized from new.

So we use .040" under as our minimum thickness for early Volvo rotors with a lot of success.

This effectively doubles the life of the rotors.

Besides, the reason for having a minimum thickness for a brake rotor is more to prevent a caliper piston from over extending and causing a catastrophic leak.



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Eric
Hi Performance Automotive Service (formerly OVO or Old Volvos Only)
Torrance, CA 90502






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New minimum disc thickness [120-130]
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