any brake shop 'should' be able to turn vanagon rear drums properly.

they will measure the inside diameter to see if they can be turned again.
the max permissible diameter is written right on the outside of the drum.

if I had a choice between good turned, original german drums.
or turned-and-now-true new elcheopo's from an aisan coutry, I'd go with the
turned german ones.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Shawn Wright" <vwdiesels@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, July 26, 2010 12:57 PM
Subject: Brake drums warped - machining?

>I bought some new drums, and cheaped out with made in China junk, which
>came
> pre-warped from Autohausaz (not worth the cost of shipping to return
> them).
> So now I have my old OEM warped drums with about 100k kms on them, or the
> new ones, and have to decide which ones I should have machined. The old
> ones
> appear to have plenty of life left - although I don't have calipers large
> enough to measure them, they seem to be very close to the new ones in
> diameter. What would you do?
>
> Are there any things to watch for in having them machined, or can any
> decent
> brake shop do it properly?
>
> --
> Shawn Wright
> '88 TD Westy