Removing brake rotors
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Originally Posted by SharkSkin
The hub/rotor interface should be metal to metal. A better solution would be to wipe a thin film of anti-seize on the hub face.
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Originally Posted by perrys4
Another good reason to buy a California car. Mine cam right off.....but now when it came to the wp bolts, thats another story.
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Originally Posted by Andrew Olson
Didn't someone just say that?
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Blow Torch? Wouldn't the rotor head up and expand at a greater rate then the hub?
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Originally Posted by Hacker-Pschorr
Blow Torch? Wouldn't the rotor head up and expand at a greater rate then the hub?
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I just had to deal with this problem a few days ago on my '85. I tried using the method of putting a bolt in the hole and trying to push it off that way. Then the rotor cracked around the hole. So I sprayed some PB Blast in it and beat the hell out of it with a ball peen hammer. It's usually not until you start to get angry that the thing starts to move. Aluminum hubs are cool I suppose, but galvanic corrosion sucks.
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The BFH did it. I'm going to leave work in a few minutes and try the rears. Hopefully they come of easily like mentioned above.
I could find my impact screwdriver when I went to take of the rotors. One screw was already screwed up, and that one ended up being drilled. The others just needed some love taps with a hammer on the back of the screwdriver and a big crescent wrench to turn the screwdriver. After the initial pop, they spun right out.
So is the current preference for antiseize instead of paint inside the hat? That was what I had planned until I saw one of Andrew's posts on another brake job thread.
I could find my impact screwdriver when I went to take of the rotors. One screw was already screwed up, and that one ended up being drilled. The others just needed some love taps with a hammer on the back of the screwdriver and a big crescent wrench to turn the screwdriver. After the initial pop, they spun right out.
So is the current preference for antiseize instead of paint inside the hat? That was what I had planned until I saw one of Andrew's posts on another brake job thread.
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Originally Posted by JHowell37
Aluminum hubs are cool I suppose, but galvanic corrosion sucks.
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smack it harder. it seems like its going to hurt something, but it wont. spread the banging out around the diameter it will come off! trust me, ive seen worse i bet!
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Hacksaw (rotors are ludicrously soft) or grind a 1/2" deep cut in the outside edge of the rotor. Insert sharp cold chisel, smack once with BFH - Rotor should crack right through to the centre. If it doesn't come off then repeat 180degrees around.
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This is another example of why a torch is a necessary tool in the garage. I don't know how many times I've used mine to free up stuck parts, bolts and nuts.