My poor bent disk... What can i do????

[trobb]

Hey all, today i thought i would build some little shore about a foot off the ground, just a fun technichle thing that involves endows turnes and riding along thin bits of wood. Anyway i finished it the sarvo and after a while of doing it i slipped off and landed on my front disk and bent the fu#k out of it. You dont know what it looks like but i cant wheel my front wheel. its under my amp now to try and press it back, will i need a new one or can i just keep pressing it back to straight???

ps. Anyone that would happen to have an 8inch disk 4sale give me a message thanks.

[lupine128]

nope, it's farked.
time for a new one.
it's almost impossible to straighten discs. if they warp you can sometimes sort of straighten them by shimming them out with washers, but if it's bent, toss it.

[rad rob]

if it's not super bad, you can bend it back. just do it slowly using your hands or a wrench,etc

easy to do and well worth trying before you fork out for a new rotor

[Adi]

What about heating it up, I got no idea about discs but i thought I read that somwhere. It'd probably make it worse though.

you can bend them back take it to your mechanic

[lupine128]

hmmm, looking at my first post here i should explain a bit.
you can straighten them sort of.
but it will always be warped, and will always drag.
unless you are running a floating disc setup, you won't be able to get a really good feel back.
if you are short of money, try straightening it till you can afford a replacement, but you will be better off with a new one.

[Az]

you should be able to get it straight enough to ride on for now but it will drag.

dhdirect have hayes compatible rotors for like $45 but they are outta stock according to the website! better then paying about $90 for genuine hayes one!!! Im waiting for then to got some more!

show us a pic of the bentage

[Dirt Devil]

If the rotor has a sharp crease in it it's knackered. If it's warped then you can try to straighten it with a shifter. You can't really make it any worse so you might as well try and fix it.

[fastrider gus]

HAAAA!!!
yea tom and ricky were laughing at me the day before for breaking my derailure hanger.. saying "man how crap are you to break that on a pissy little skinny!" so tom, i say to you....
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!

[wombat]

you can bend them back take it to your mechanic

Unless you're good mates with your mech, I don't like the chances of them trying to repair something that is badly bent (which he said it was). It creates too many issues.

[trobb]

Hey all you people that thought i ciuldn't bend it back, i did. i sat it under my amp for a night and then took it out and that did a bit then i sat there with a malet banging it back into place and then put it in the vice. when i put it back on it still rubbed but not where as much as it use to, but still pretty bad. i took it to my grandpars today and hopfully he can bend it back and even if it aint perfect i will just ride down a hil with my brackes rubbing and if i am very lucky it might work and i wont need to buy a new one.

[trobb]

Hey all you people that thought i ciuldn't bend it back, i did. i sat it under my amp for a night and then took it out and that did a bit then i sat there with a malet banging it back into place and then put it in the vice. when i put it back on it still rubbed but not where as much as it use to, but still pretty bad. i took it to my grandpars today and hopfully he can bend it back and even if it aint perfect i will just ride down a hil with my brackes rubbing and if i am very lucky it might work and i wont need to buy a new one.

[duncan^kona]

mwuhahahah, but tom why couldnt thaty be on my ns track, its already got a good history...gus and ben's derallier hanger, rikkis bash guard, hehehe...

[trobb]

Because yours sucks

[fastrider gus]

:evil: yes... yes it does... :evil:

[peters]

its fucked man, buy a new one!!!!!!

[peachy]

lol buy a new one he just fixed it

[curtisrider]

get a new rotor

[bighitter]

if your still at school take it to the metalwork room and put it on that magnetic thing - turn it on and then try and get it perfectly straight with a mallet or something ????????????????

That might work................................

[Grip]

Hmmm... hitting close-grained, already-thin metal disc with mallet... that's GOTTA be good for it's structural integrity.

[shmity]

Hey grip, dont knock it, maybe he likes shards of metal in his arse.

[Grip]

Hey grip, dont knock it, maybe he likes shards of metal in his arse.

I had a bet with myself about who would get it... you were on the list. :D

[trobb]

HAAAA!!!
yea tom and ricky were laughing at me the day before for breaking my derailure hanger.. saying "man how crap are you to break that on a pissy little skinny!" so tom, i say to you....
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!

lol

[Jordy]

i put my discs between 2 pieces of wood and leave them in a vice for 24 hours ... almost as straight as new