Straighten Rotor

aidso
aidso Posts: 493
edited May 2011 in MTB workshop & tech
Are there any home remedies that can be used to straighten a disc rotor? I warped it during a race yesterday - the wheel wouldn't rotate but now I have the disc fairly straightened out again. Its off by a few millimetres so its get around maybe half a revolution and then it rubs on the brake.

I have it off the bike but I'm trying to find things I can bend it against...

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  • 101_North
    101_North Posts: 607
    Leave rotor on the wheel, wheel on bike, mark the start and end of the warped section with a pencil (spin wheel slowly by hand looking down through the pads) and use an adjustable wrench to gently bend the rotor between your pencil lines - after each gentle bend spin the wheel to check. Repeat as necessary. If you're gentle with the wrench it shouldn't take too long to sort.

    101
  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,673
    have a read of the two links in the tech links sticky above.
    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
    Parktools :?:SheldonBrown

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