Back in the 70s and 80s you could do a brake job and reuse the drums if within specs then a new law come in,all brake jobs required new drums and hardware,the use of old drums was getting out of control with hairline cracks not seen or waved drums and drivers wanted to save money,took forever to change there way of thinking.

 

They still taught us how to turn drums back in tech school, '92, however the only drums I ever turned were the practice drums we had.

I've had very few rotors turned since that time, it seldom made sense unless it was a car I was working on myself at the NAPA garage that let me use the hoist and lathe. About that time it was becoming a dying practice and as an engine machinist originally, I always cringe a little when I see a brake lathe at the local shop stuck in the back corner used as a storage shelf.

 

I was almost responding with a post, but we’re getting pretty far out there from radiator leak stop, since recently being reminded of thread drift ......

 

Lord,i see thread drift every day here but point taken, op sorry to get off track with your thread.

 

Now I haven't said nut'n...!

 

Guilty as charged.......good reminders are always good

 

As Scott would point out, you can’t cause a thread drift more then I typically do. It sucks for someone who might’ve be searching in the future, but I find them interesting because like a face to face discussion, you get into a lot of varied subjects. There’s an audio forum that I used to be in that wanders all over the place on every post.

BACK IN LINE JACK! YOURE DRIFTING!!!!

 

The thing is if you let it go long enough if may circle back round.

 

See Jack, you may think you are the root of all thread-drift evil... But my post above was actually going to be about my recent brake shoe replacement and what I did to the drums - ON MY GOLF CART!!!

Isn't drifting some sort of sport where they burn the tires off the car and still try to make a good time on the course???

Scott aka: your drifter friend

 

LOL,now we gonna drift on drifting, this is fun.

 

Got just the thread for drifting OFF TOPIC.
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...l#post17549250

 

Just in case , drifting has come to a slow down ,lol