Used Car Parts

"Sovereign, Purveyor of Coupes" (sovereign-automotive)
05/18/2016 at 19:17 • Filed to: Recycling

What does Oppo do with their used car parts? Obviously brake pads, gaskets, and things like that just get thrown away, but I’m talking things that were replaced due to preventative maintenence and the like. Seems like a waste to throw a used but working part in the trash. Are there companies who refurbish certain parts? Some examples would be plug wires, relays, rotors (one of the slotted ones pictured is slightly warped, I doubt anything can be done since it’s slotted.), water pumps, gas shocks, etc. I’m currently in the process of cleaning the garage and would like to dispose of things the correct way.

DISCUSSION (11)

jkm7680 > Sovereign, Purveyor of Coupes
05/18/2016 at 19:23

Dump them in TheHondaBro’s yard.

dogisbadob > Sovereign, Purveyor of Coupes
05/18/2016 at 19:31

For the bigger stuff, like brake rotors, you can take them to a scrap metal yard and get money for them, if you save everything and make a single trip (like 2 sets of brakes, shocks/struts, etc). Sometimes you may find a place that recycles electronics, where you can dump your wires and relays (and other electrical shit). You won;t get any money for it, but at least it can be recycled.

Hint: anything that’s actually refurbable can be bought at the store in reman form and will have a core charge. This includes CV axles, brake calipers, etc. You will get your core charge back when you return the part.

Everything else isn’t, and if it isn’t metal, just gets thrown away.

Sovereign, Purveyor of Coupes > dogisbadob
05/18/2016 at 19:39

Thanks for the info. I’m not too interested in making any money, I’d just prefer it goes on to bigger and better things rather than sitting in a landfill.

I have zero knowledge of scrap yards so I hope you don’t mind me asking, do the things you bring in have to be pure metal? Or could I bring in, say, a water pump with rubber seals still on the impellar shaft?

interstate366, now In The Industry > Sovereign, Purveyor of Coupes
05/18/2016 at 19:41

Depends what it is. When I did my front brakes last month, I put the old rotors in my recycling bin (because metal), and sent the old calipers back to Honda for core money, with the pads still in them. Sometimes I’ll hold onto a part if I could see a future use for it, like being a junkyard core, but often parts just get recycled or thrown away.

dogisbadob > Sovereign, Purveyor of Coupes
05/18/2016 at 19:43

Yes, it’s ok to bring in the water pump with the rubber seals on. It doesn’t have to be 100% pure metal. And also, some yards have a minimum weight amount to get paid (not that you care, but still worth pointing out).

Sovereign, Purveyor of Coupes > interstate366, now In The Industry
05/18/2016 at 19:44

I may end up keeping some of the old aluminum parts for TIG practice. Who knows, maybe I can make one of those scrap metal sculptures out of it.

MM54 > Sovereign, Purveyor of Coupes
05/18/2016 at 20:02

If it’s still good, but was replaced preventatively, I’ll hold on to it.

This plan fell through when my <15k mile OEM replacement TPS failed recently and I couldn’t find the 170k mile original I’d taken off.

If it’s just big hunks of metal or such, put them in a bin somewhere to take to the scrap yard, you may even get enough to pay for the gas it took to get to the scrap yard.

jimz > Sovereign, Purveyor of Coupes
05/18/2016 at 20:54

my R/C boat club uses old brake rotors/drums as anchors for buoys.

MuchWagon > Sovereign, Purveyor of Coupes
05/19/2016 at 00:04

I’ve been meaning to ask as I’ve got struts, and soon shocks that I don’t know what to do with.

Sovereign, Purveyor of Coupes > MuchWagon
05/19/2016 at 00:16

Scrap yard with other metal seems to be the best answer so far.

MonkeePuzzle > Sovereign, Purveyor of Coupes
05/19/2016 at 10:40

lots of auto parts stores will take your brake rotors, which they then recylce for the money. So if you care about the environment and not the few cents per pound of metal, just drop em off there