TRAPPED ROTORS ON THE BEST SELLING VEHICLE & OTHER LARGE VOLUME MODELS MAKES ON-CAR LATHES NECESSARY FOR SERVICE FACILITIES
During the past 4 years most dealerships in North America have implemented on-car rotor machining because of profitability and technical superiority.
During the same time large automotive service chains, such as Firestone, have also added this technology to their shops.
In 2004 the redesigned Ford F150 was introduced with trapped rotors. The largest selling vehicle in North America for decades will now start to show up at independent shops for rotor servicing.
Those shops without an on-car lathe will not be able to profitably service this vehicle with their old bench lathe technology.
General Motors then introduced its all new Canyon/Colorado mid-sized pick ups in the same year, also with trapped rotors. This is another high volume platform that will begin to show up at garages for service.
While trapped rotors on large volume models is one good reason for acquiring an on-car lathe, it is not the best one.
The best reason for buying one of these lathes is that it provides an excellent non-directional surface finish, matching the rotor to the hub, in less time than a rotor can be done on a bench lathe, and at a premium price to the customer.
Lower cost per job and higher revenue per brake job.
Why a higher price? Because the rotor is being matched to the hub, so that lateral run out is minimized and brake pulsation is eliminated (not just hidden for a few hundred miles).
A service facility can either remain in the market of competing with the garage that is willing to cut his price the lowest, or they will separate themselves from those competitors with a Pro-Cut on-car lathe.
Why Pro-Cut instead of other on-car lathes? Because Pro-Cut has the patented automatic hub matching system that calibrates the cutting of the rotor in a few seconds to match the hub with the push of a button.