anyone ever see this happen?

[The_night_rider]

Thats my front brake drum on the truck. Anyone think it was turned too many times?

 

[comoxian]

Hmmm, that's not good. :angry7:

And no, I ain't never seen that before.

 

[cannucky]

Wow you turn them yourself ? what kind of brake shop would turn one that thin ?

 

[63dartman]

Never seen it either, that could have been real bad! It does look thin though. Heating up and applying pressure to a thin piece of cast....I could see that happening.

 

[Rice Nuker]

Thats completely amazing. And messed up.. Wonder if you could retrofit to disc brakes somehow..uhhh..

 

[74scamp360]

wow, i have never seen that one before

 

[The_night_rider]

Never turned them myself, who knows how long they have been like that, its my fault really shoulda checked it out a long time ago.


Im kicking myself for junking an old 70s F150. I could have taken the disc set up from that.

 

[alsdemon]

I seen rotors do that were the rotor part was in the caliper and the hat turned free.

 

[cannucky]

not your fault whoever turned them last should have miced and then scrapped them I've been forced to buy new drums by brake shops for that reason and mine were 3 or 4 times thicker than those your lucky to be able to show us those

 

[rp23g7]

i have, doing a brake job on a chevy, guy said he had a strange noise, tried yanking the drum off and it split in half, razor sharp too, ouch.

 

[gunbunny]

I've seen it too. Recently. It was on the rear of a ford tempo. Fortunately there was a rear hub and bearing there and the drum was just floating between backing plate and the hub. The *** kicker is that there was a rust ring on the back of the drum and I had to crack the drum apart.

 

[PacificScamp]

That's as messed up as my grandma's kick-start sewing machine!