verslagen1 wrote on 05/20/20 at 17:08:48:


Thanks Versy.  That one shows a thickness of 4.56 mm.  I know it's better than mine, but still close to the 4mm minimum.  They really are proud of the new ones, eh?  But front brakes are important.  The big brake kit would be good, but I can't justify the $400 these days.

Oh, just saw the factory specs posted.  Man, how can 4mm be the minimum, then!?

Surely the right metal can't be so expensive that a piece and the cost of a water jet cutter would be so expensive

justin_o_guy2 wrote on 05/21/20 at 18:35:15:


Probably is when you only sell 1 or 2 of them a year!

If you had a GSXR - all kinds of aftermarket discs are available.....but the Savage is not all that popular and not all that prone to wearing out discs if you replace the pads before they start scraping metal.

OK, got the new/used front rotor mounted but had to run out and get the correct red threadlocker (only had high temp and it was pretty old).  Man, that original red threadlocker was a bear to fight against removing the bolts!  Even after hitting them with PB Blaster a couple hours earlier.

I used a brass wire brush followed by steel wool to clean the rotor bolts and they came out looking good.  I don't have a thread chaser set for cleaning the threaded holes but at least used full strength degreaser on a rag wrapped around an allen wrench to clean out some of it.  Probably could've/should've used carb cleaner after doing some reading this morning.

1.  You think it's ok if I didn't maybe get those hole threads completely clean and also didn't use activator before the threadlocker?
2.  Anyone else find when reinstalling the rotor on the Savage the bolts feel like they just STOP rather than feeling like they're tightening/torqueing?

Thanks everyone for the words of advice and thanks Ruttly for the extra help!

Thanks Gary.  I agree that's what's ideal.  Seems to be a lot debate on reusing rotor bolts all over the place.  And I know your front brake isn't a place to take chances!
Curious about how the bolts felt when tightening.  They go into through-holes but still had a "bottoming out" feel rather than a gradual tightening.  I left the bike at home today for the threadlocker to cure and will probably put a wrench on one or two bolts and see if it loosens easily.  Not too much pressure though so as not to break the bond.

And yeah, I read about heat at 500^o to loosen red threadlocker after I had the bolts out  .  Lesson learned.  Your posts definitely speak to your wrenching experience and it's appreciated.