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Brake rotors 1 Month, 4 Weeks ago  
Is there any actual difference in the rotor discs through the years? I am seeing lots of 02+ brake rotors but not much of anything for earlier. My rear rotor is pretty bad .. Going to rebuild the calipers too. Anyone got brand/part #'s of kits that have worked for you?
 
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Re:Brake rotors 1 Month, 4 Weeks ago  
1700 rotors (front) are floating. Other than that no difference.
 
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Re:Brake rotors 1 Month, 4 Weeks ago  
Was able to snag an NOS rear rotor off eBay not one month ago for $138 and change. My rear rotor, after 17 years, was looking rather poorly, too.
 
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Re:Brake rotors 1 Month, 4 Weeks ago  
And, whereas, later front rotors are of a floating type, I believe that you can use any year rotor with any year caliper, without any difficulties. I know I'm running '09 cast wheels, with the floating rotors on them, on one of my '01s, with the '01 calipers, and they work just fine.
 
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Re:Brake rotors 1 Month, 3 Weeks ago  
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And, whereas, later front rotors are of a floating type, I believe that you can use any year rotor with any year caliper, without any difficulties. I know I'm running '09 cast wheels, with the floating rotors on them, on one of my '01s, with the '01 calipers, and they work just fine.

This is exactly why I was asking, does it make any difference if I use floating rotors with my floating calipers on my '00 1600? There is a much larger selection out there of the floating rotors.
 
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Re:Brake rotors 1 Month, 3 Weeks ago  
You can use floating rotors and floating calipers together, however I would not recommend using fixed rotors and fixed calipers Something needs to have a little give in there

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Re:Brake rotors 1 Month, 3 Weeks ago  
The rear is fixed caliper and rotor, but a swing arm and a fork behave very differently under load.
 
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Re:Brake rotors 1 Month, 3 Weeks ago  
Jaybo wrote:
Is there any actual difference in the rotor discs through the years? I am seeing lots of 02+ brake rotors but not much of anything for earlier. My rear rotor is pretty bad .. Going to rebuild the calipers too. Anyone got brand/part #'s of kits that have worked for you?
If you need a rear rotor I have one that came off my 2000 when I turned it into a trike years ago. You pay shipping and it’s yours.
 
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Re:Brake rotors 1 Month, 3 Weeks ago  
how bad is the grooving? mine is all uneven and such so looking for much better than what I have.

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Jaybo wrote:
Is there any actual difference in the rotor discs through the years? I am seeing lots of 02+ brake rotors but not much of anything for earlier. My rear rotor is pretty bad .. Going to rebuild the calipers too. Anyone got brand/part #'s of kits that have worked for you?
If you need a rear rotor I have one that came off my 2000 when I turned it into a trike years ago. You pay shipping and it’s yours.
 
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