At 03:57 PM 7/26/2010 Monday, Shawn Wright wrote:
>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?

I'd find some way of accurately measuring them.  Some 10-24
all-thread, a coupler nut and two jam nuts and a couple of small
acorn nuts (for the ends, so the point radius is smaller than the
drum radius) might be a good start.

>Are there any things to watch for in having them machined, or can any decent
>brake shop do it properly?

I had mine machined once and they came out all wobbly.  Shop said
that the way VW did the center hole doesn't work very well with
US-type brake lathes.  YMMV.

Yours,
David