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rotors?
Hey guys. I took my front rotors of my 09 classic to get polished and the guy tells me there not stainless but some type of steel. I know some guys get them done so can someone set me straight.
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what are you guys doing to them to keep the polished look for a while? coating them with something or just waxing the hell out of the are where the shoes dont contact. Curious as i have two new rotors for my dyna i have not put on yet and may have to do some polishing if it last for a while.
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High carbon steel would rust just breathing on them. They are stainless steel and probably the 400 series stainless, which means if you put a magnet on them it would stick because they do have some other alloys in them. Any 300 series stainless steel a magnet will not stick and they have more chromium in them. The 400 series is all that's needed to prevent rusting.
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what are you guys doing to them to keep the polished look for a while? coating them with something or just waxing the hell out of the are where the shoes dont contact. Curious as i have two new rotors for my dyna i have not put on yet and may have to do some polishing if it last for a while.
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What are you guys using to polish them? you doing it by hand or with a die grinder and some type of pcs on the die grinder. I have different disk for my die grinder that are like scotch bite material or are you guys just using fine sandpaper and your hand.
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.. I lost my job shortly before I did mine so it also gave me something to do .. Ive got a lot more time than money ..