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TheLane
05-16-2011, 12:04 PM
Is it possible to have these straightend as opposed to buying a brand new one? Somehow it bent but just slightly enough to make a nice rub and spread my caliper every time it goes around.

I know you can turn a rotor for a car at a shop, would the same thing apply you think?

Scro
05-16-2011, 01:11 PM
You can straighten it. But you won't get it perfect, and it will be weaker than a new one (more likely to bend again). You can't turn it like a car rotor. I would go ahead and replace it, for as cheap as they are.

TheLane
05-16-2011, 01:37 PM
yeah, its not bent much, just enough to be annoying, and thats really honestly 100$ i dont want to spend right now.

fastredrider44
05-16-2011, 02:03 PM
Rubber mallet. It will be weak, but it will get you by.

Scro
05-16-2011, 03:03 PM
Originally posted by TheLane
thats really honestly 100$ i dont want to spend right now.

:eek2: That seems high for one rotor!

TheLane
05-16-2011, 03:44 PM
Yeah i havent been able to find one cheaper :(

Bombshell525
05-16-2011, 11:35 PM
My 525 does the same thing. I know what youre going through with the price problem on those rotors :(

400exrider707
05-17-2011, 07:22 AM
Get a really big crescent wrench, tighten the wrench up so it just slips over the rotor and bend it back. A new one is just going to do the same thing anyways. :o

TheLane
05-19-2011, 09:50 AM
Originally posted by 400exrider707
Get a really big crescent wrench, tighten the wrench up so it just slips over the rotor and bend it back. A new one is just going to do the same thing anyways. :o

With it still mounted?

bobbo97f150
05-20-2011, 08:50 PM
Have a look at these.

Rotors on Ebay (http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_nkw=outlaw+brake+%28disc%2Crotor%29+450&_sacat=0&_odkw=outlaw+brake+%28disc%2Crotor%29&_osacat=0&_trksid=p3286.c0.m270.l1313)