# Minimum front and rear rotor thickness

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/minimum-front-and-rear-rotor-thickness/76687>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [January 14, 2013, 12:55am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/minimum-front-and-rear-rotor-thickness/76687 "2013-01-14T00:55:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![russharv63](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@russharv63](https://community.cartalk.com/u/russharv63)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2013, 12:55am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/minimum-front-and-rear-rotor-thickness/76687/1 "2013-01-14T00:55:46Z")

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I have a 93 ford taurus 3.8L V6 automatic GL. I am going to measure the thickness of my front and rear brake rotors with a micrometer. Does anybdy know thw minimum thickness of my car’s front and rear rotors?

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**Author:** ![gdawgs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/258eb7/32.png) [@gdawgs](https://community.cartalk.com/u/gdawgs)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2013, 12:58am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/minimum-front-and-rear-rotor-thickness/76687/2 "2013-01-14T00:58:37Z")

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how many miles are you into this 93? if it is under 100K, you should be fine.

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**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2013, 1:09am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/minimum-front-and-rear-rotor-thickness/76687/3 "2013-01-14T01:09:26Z")

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Usually the minimum thickness is stamped on the disc somewhere.

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**Author:** ![mark9207](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@mark9207](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mark9207)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2013, 1:09am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/minimum-front-and-rear-rotor-thickness/76687/4 "2013-01-14T01:09:47Z")

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Take them to any major auto parts store. They will have the spec book there, as well as a rotor micrometer. Some of them even have a lathe to machine them for you.

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**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2013, 1:57am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/minimum-front-and-rear-rotor-thickness/76687/5 "2013-01-14T01:57:43Z")

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