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Old Oct 24, 2011 | 05:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Curby
Unfortunately, the rotors on my 72 were below spec, and had to be replaced. They were the originals and still had the rivets in them.

I drilled and taped the hubs and used tapered bolts to hold them on. I had to shim the rotors to get thr runout to 0.002 It was 0.009 and 0.01 right out of the box.

Gary Ramadei did the back ones:


I did the front ones:
Curby that looks great. Where did you get the bolts & what size are they? Did you have to shim your front setup? Thx
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Old Oct 24, 2011 | 06:03 PM
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thanks guys i appreciate all the answers , helped me out alot . ill check the ones on the car and go from there, sounds like i can save myself some money for other parts.

and i do agree , that looks really cool curby
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