Destruction!

Pictures of bad things that happen to car bits.

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Left rear rotor. A little worn.
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Still the left rear. Porterfield R4S pads are not rotor friendly.
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left inside. Yep, at least a 2.5mm ridge, and that's with the ridge itself worn down by the pad backing.
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Left outside surface. Another 2.5mm ridge, making the rotor at least 5mm undesize. Porbably more - I didn't measure the actual thickness at the edge.
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the left inside pad. Yikes!
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Right side's not nearly so bad.
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1.5mm
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Another 1.5mm. Ouchie!
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This is apparently what happens when you starve your rotary for oil. Came out of a locked-up engine that blew an oil cooler line.
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I had to peel the bearing off by cutting it across with an air cut-off wheel, then chisel it away from the journal. Bye-bye e-shaft.

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