What do you do with worn parts?
10-12-2010, 11:58 PM
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What do you do with worn parts?
Like the title says, I'm wondering what you guys do with old or worn racing parts, like brake rotors, bearings, shocks, etc. I'm thinking about building a coat rack for work with a motörhead theme and I was wondering if old parts are recycled or discarded. Perhaps I can check for scraps at some local speed shops.
10-13-2010, 07:18 AM
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Cracked rotors ? keep your body wt in old rotors. Great for corner balancing your car
or a pathway in the yard.
recycle them once a year. 20 cents a pound for scrap iron ?
or a pathway in the yard.
recycle them once a year. 20 cents a pound for scrap iron ?
10-13-2010, 09:20 AM
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Le Mans Master
I use cracked rotors to patch potholes in my driveway.
I hoard all the other used parts - three wore out torque tubes at last count, calipers, brackets, blown up LS1s/LS6s, several diffs, trans, switches, interior bits, excess engine stuff, scuffed body parts, and almost everything else that comes off. I use about 1% but it is a disease I hear. I never ever toss a bolt from a C5/6 unless it is bad...
I hoard all the other used parts - three wore out torque tubes at last count, calipers, brackets, blown up LS1s/LS6s, several diffs, trans, switches, interior bits, excess engine stuff, scuffed body parts, and almost everything else that comes off. I use about 1% but it is a disease I hear. I never ever toss a bolt from a C5/6 unless it is bad...
10-13-2010, 11:36 AM
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I hoard all the other used parts - three wore out torque tubes at last count, calipers, brackets, blown up LS1s/LS6s, several diffs, trans, switches, interior bits, excess engine stuff, scuffed body parts, and almost everything else that comes off. I use about 1% but it is a disease I hear. I never ever toss a bolt from a C5/6 unless it is bad...
As the saying goes, "you can't argue with a sick mind"....
10-13-2010, 04:33 PM
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It's best to replace parts before they break! If I'm preventively maintaining bearings, hubs, studs, cooling system parts etc then I'll toss the old part in the trailer - it still has life in it and might get me or a pal out of a fix at the track.
10-15-2010, 02:23 PM
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TRASH!
Jim
Jim
10-15-2010, 02:42 PM
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10-15-2010, 02:58 PM
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I use cracked rotors to patch potholes in my driveway.
I hoard all the other used parts - three wore out torque tubes at last count, calipers, brackets, blown up LS1s/LS6s, several diffs, trans, switches, interior bits, excess engine stuff, scuffed body parts, and almost everything else that comes off. I use about 1% but it is a disease I hear. I never ever toss a bolt from a C5/6 unless it is bad...
I hoard all the other used parts - three wore out torque tubes at last count, calipers, brackets, blown up LS1s/LS6s, several diffs, trans, switches, interior bits, excess engine stuff, scuffed body parts, and almost everything else that comes off. I use about 1% but it is a disease I hear. I never ever toss a bolt from a C5/6 unless it is bad...
I keep all the stuff I removed form the car during it's transition as I could not be bother to sell it or if I convert back at 90 and want visors, rugs and all the other crap.
10-15-2010, 03:04 PM
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I hope not but my 64 Galaxy 427 exhaust manifolds are going on eBay soon. Pretty sure I will not need them!
10-15-2010, 09:13 PM
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I belonged to a car club at Purdue (the Purdue Automotive Performance Association). We got old parts from our cars and a shop down there. We then made trophies for our car show we put on durring the Purdue Grand Prix. Some are elaborate whith camshafts, gears, etc. while some are simple like an intake vavle stuck into a trophy base.
10-15-2010, 09:32 PM
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Le Mans Master
I have wrecked cars where even the gas cap was useless! 
Old parts are just old parts. They are junk to me and I don't want to be responsible for someone using them and having problems.Jim
10-16-2010, 07:04 AM
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That is fair. I have cars that even the gas gap is useless - according to my wife anyway.