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does any one know how to get rotor templates.
as ever bill
as ever bill
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Brake rotor drilling template?
Hi Bill,
replace the solid rotors with late model slotted ones instead? Already have a good drill press, a bottle of cutting fluid, a horkin' big centerpunch, 5mm & 10mm cobalt steel drill bits and want the no cost option? Good news is, you don't need no steenkin' template, just a magic marker.
Freehand, draw a line at ~30ยบ off straight out from each spoke in the disk out to the rim. Mark off 5 spaces on each across where the pads rub. Don't have the outermost mark so close to the disk rim that the drill will break through. Make a massive centerpunch mark at each location. Vise-grip the three disks together, the two right-side disks like spoons and the one left-side disk backwards so the lines of holes all point the same way on assembly. Now drill away! 5mm pre-drill, 10mm final drill. (3/16" & 3/8" drills are OK too). Use low speed, heavy pressure and lots of cutting fluid.Fred Hill, S'toon
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Hey Ken,
Have you seen a rotor with exactly twice as many holes as the template you made? You could just turn the template a bit after drilling the first set. It would be quite a bit of drilling, but it would look cool I think.
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Yes, I've seen rotors with more holes. Another idea, and I wish I had done it myself, is to change the size of the holes as you come from the centre out. That really looks good!Ken TalbotComment
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After I typed that, I realized I had the slotted rotors... lol. I like the design in there for the slotted ones too though. I just wish it was a bit darker.
TodTry your hardest to be the kind of person your dog thinks you are.
You can live to be 100, as long as you give up everything that would make you want to live to be 100!
Current bikes:
'06 Suzuki DR650
*'82 XJ1100 with the 1179 kit. "Mad Maxim"
'82 XJ1100 Completely stock fixer-upper
'82 XJ1100 Bagger fixer-upper
'82 XJ1100 Motor/frame and lots of boxes of parts
'82 XJ1100 Parts bike
'81 XS1100 Special
'81 YZ250
'80 XS850 Special
'80 XR100
*Crashed/Totalled, still ownComment
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rotors
you guys are the best thanks
as ever billbill haneComment
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"Yes, I've seen rotors with more holes. Another idea, and I wish I had done it myself, is to change the size of the holes as you come from the centre out. That really looks good!"
That's how I did mine. I used your pattern, but started with 17/64 for the biggest (outermost) holes, and then droipped 1/64th for each hole.
It makes it look like it's spiraling.
Oh, and I added an 8th hole to each set.Nice day, if it doesn't rain...
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