What to do with used brake rotors ???

[Harwinton]

Maybe you could weigh down the edges of tarps with them.

 

[65Stang]

You could play frisbee with your kids or dog... 'course, if ya like your kids or dog, maybe not...

 

[dirtmister16]

right to the scrap yard, i can't tell you how many places ive cleaned out with stacks like that around.


we have a few things that were made into stands from them, but we ended up with them rather then making them. dad did made pair of roller stands for the radial arm saw with old drums and tubing though.

i find they make kinda good lifting weights for the guy on the cheap.

 

[goodspeed]

I take two, and put the wheel sides together and use them as dies for bending metal. Or use them as stand bases for some tools.

 

[DieselDent]

Make a forge
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=175671&highlight=coal+forge

 

[jon.human]

weld them into yard art, I've also used them to bend tubing in to get a nice easy curve with no kinks

 

[James E]

Our Cub Scout Pack uses them for flag stands. Just weld a short piece of metal pipe on top that's long enough for the flag to stand upright. They're heavy enough to hold a flag but light enough to move around or throw into the closet when the meeting's over.

Local Cub and Boy Scout Troops might like them.

 

[aandpdan]

I use them as a base for outdoor holiday decorations. No more blowing over in the wind.

 

[Mandres]

I give them away at Halloween. Kids love them !!

Hahaha!

 

[FLgarageDreamer]

you can turn them into clocks or cool office pieces.

 

[KPSquared]

They go in my scrap iron pile. Can be handy dies for heat bending tubing though. Good radius for bumpers.

 

[cyamaha2007]

At work we shoot at them. A few are tied to a arm so they can spin when you hit them. They are also good weights to hold brush piles down in your pond. In high school id fill the t-top area of my trans am with them for better snow traction. I also use them for fill in my ballast box for my tractor. I have alot of rotors and i also scrap alot of them.

 

[ann_wood]

Take all those rotors to a scrap yard! They’ll be happy to buy all those used brake rotors because they’re made of iron which is something most scrap yards are eager to purchase. Don’t just toss them. They might just end up in a landfill and be of no use to anyone. And I believe you’ll get a good price for them because you mention you have quite a few of them. Selling scrap metal fetches a good price if it’s sold in bulk. I see you’re in Oklahoma. Why don’t you check out http://us.simsmm.com/Locations/Oklahoma/Tulsa? It’s the SIMS metal management in Tulsa Oklahoma which accepts various kinds of metal parts and recycles them.

 

[A29]

I keep one in my shop vac. The added weight helps keep it from tipping over.

 

[brownbagg]

i love how nobody thinks about anything but money, if its metal its get scrap. for that reason around here, they no older cars in any junk yard older than 1990. I have seen almost mint muscle cars get scrap. It had gotten so bad that majority of crime around here is scrapping. i had a old concrete mixer that work good but didnt need, so i was going give it away tto someone who wanted it, it was a 1950 model, heavy metal, made to last. he didnt want it to use but to scrap.

seen employees still tools and small metals to scrap for beer, they will come out and tell you, taking that rebar home to buy beer

it going be real soon that there will not be anything made in america around because it was scrap and replace with china made

 

[welder4956]

We used a few to make stanchions for my son's high school marching band to rope off their seating area at football games. Just weld on some 1.5" Sch. 40 pipe with a 3/4" long piece on top for the rope to pass through. Could be used to rope off cars at a cars show or donate to the local shop class to make their own.

 

[mrodgers]

Scrap them. I've never had to replace a brake rotor in 45 years of driving, but as soon as I buy a vehicle, I junk the metallic pads and replace them with organic pads. After that, the rotors will easily outlast the vehicle without ever having to be replaced.
If you choose to run the damaging pads, then be prepared to junk a lot of rotors.

Same here, never replaced brake rotors until we bought a Ford. That stupid thing went through 3 sets of rotors in 100,000 miles. I drive all my cars to 200k and never touched a rotor until the Ford. Thank goodness my wife got rid of it for me even if the method was flipping upside down and into a tree. Did me a big favor, I never would have gotten out of it selling for what I got from insurance.

Scrapping for me wouldn't be free money. It would cost more to drive it there than I'd make. My brother-in-law collects stuff up at his dad's though, so he swings through and I just give him what little scrap I have. He needs the cash more than I do.

 

[yhprum]

Originally Posted by Gary S
Scrap them. I've never had to replace a brake rotor in 45 years of driving, but as soon as I buy a vehicle, I junk the metallic pads and replace them with organic pads. After that, the rotors will easily outlast the vehicle without ever having to be replaced.
If you choose to run the damaging pads, then be prepared to junk a lot of rotors

Same for me as above. No noticeable change in perfromance, actually felt better.

 

[Flatland Dave]

I keep one in my shop vac. The added weight helps keep it from tipping over.

Damn, that is the best use I have seen so far!

 

[Norcal]

Sending metals to the dump is a bad idea, why pay to get rid of something that one can either dump off for nothing or get some money for at a scrap metal yard.

If anyone has money to squander like that, your more then welcome to send some my way.

 

[Pat Brady]

A base for a bar stool?

 

[lorne]

We used a set as wheels for a cart to hold welding tanks.

 

[rubberrodder]

Stand them on edge, weld them together, use as a driveway or garden border. Somebody said make clocks out of them. Sell them on e-bay for huge money. Use them as scales on a huge metal dinosaur sculpture. A local artist here used horseshoes for the scales on a HUGE fish sculpture. Art sells for more money than scrap! {most of the time.}

 

[srmofo]

I dont waste my time going to the scrapper for steel. Sure its money, but steel is heavy and usually in a large form so its a PITA to store. Plus Ive blown a tire while dropping the load in a the pit. Luckily it was the shop truck so it cost me nothing but it was a lesson learned. That $200-$300 for a truck load of steel isnt worth the risk and headache of blowing out tires and storing the **** until you have a large enough load....Plus the thieving scumbags will destroy property to get at large piles of scrap...so thats another added risk if its kept even somewhat visible to the public.

I toss them out back next to the trash cans and they are usually picked up before they hit the ground.

Precious metals are another story...I dont have to drive into the pit area to drop that stuff off and it pays a hell of alot more

 

[kilnred]

Corner weights for the EZ-up at the track.

 

[4BT]

Works great to keep the dog from digging under the fence in the same spot twice

 

[shovel]

Check out this welding table made with two rotors and a bowling ball:

 

[Furiously not fast]

Bringing this back from the dead!
Is there anyone in the Las Vegas, Nevada / Henderson area with a stack of rotors sitting around?
I was trying to find some for a buck or two per but can’t find any.
Called a few mechanics, body shops and they have their scrap guys already. Called the scrap recyclers and they don’t sell what they take in. The local wrecking yard has them for $10 each which can add up fast. My next search will be the dump but I doubt they’ll sell stuff.

Thanks!

 

[ransil]

I have a dozen outside my garage waiting to take to the junk yard. Kinda trade junk fo junk.

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[nadogail]

One mans trash is another mans treasure.

 

[stayalert]

If you try to sell them add the word "patina"

 

[LS6 Tommy]

Racers use them as anchoring weights for their pop up canopies. If you have any canopies, keep a set for each one and scrap the rest.

Tommy

 

[PelicanPines]

Floor lamp base... desk lamp base...

 

[kaymccampbell]

Anchoring inflatable yard decorations.
And, Deathmatch Frisbee, too!

 

[PelicanPines]

Devo hat...

 

[Robbie B]

Devo hat...

Ouch!!! Crushed vertebrae much???

 

[matt_i]

I cut them up on a vertical bandsaw in pie-shaped pieces. Use one black (uv-stabilized) zip tie thru each lug-hole and then thru a grommet in a tarp. It works very well and fast for keeping tarps from billowing. I keep my old tractors under tarps for several years. Some care is needed to keep it from scratching or hammering when removing and installing but I can do that part.

 

[bwringer]

I take them to the curb, last about 2 minutes... I'm obviously lazy, and don't handle enough to justify the trip for scrap.

put them out by the road and they be gone within a hour

Yep. Not worth my time. Thursday is trash day, and the scrappers start cruising on Wednesday afternoon. Old parts go away with zero effort, I get my floor space back, the scrappers make a buck or two.