plz help! Cant remove Left Front Rotor
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plz help! Cant remove Left Front Rotor
I removed the passenger one and that wasn't too bad.
but the drivers one is rusted on there good! I tried 3 days now I put the 8mm bolt in the holes to try to back it out and they just stripped out. It was soo rusty in there any how. so I soaked w PB BLASTER front and back of the rotor, tried banging on it with a hammer form the back and spinning it.
Heat it up Torch it?
but the drivers one is rusted on there good! I tried 3 days now I put the 8mm bolt in the holes to try to back it out and they just stripped out. It was soo rusty in there any how. so I soaked w PB BLASTER front and back of the rotor, tried banging on it with a hammer form the back and spinning it.
Heat it up Torch it?
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Put the lug nuts on it, then proceed to hit the face inbetween the studs with a ball peen hammer. Pop the ever living **** out of it. The lugnuts are there to protect he threads on the studs from the hammer. Do not hit the braking surface, just the mounting surface.
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If you are replacing the rotor then you can hit the braking surface all you want. Find a hefty mini sledge hammer and alternate hits between braking surface and the wheel mounting surface. Some rotors I come across are very stubborn with corrosion. Seriously beat the **** out of it. Eventually the shock of hitting it fiercely will rattle it free. I have had to use an air hammer on the wheel mounting surface in the past. Vrank has a very good suggestion with using the lug nuts as a protective cover as to not ruin the threads on the wheel stud. Good luck!
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after you get it off, spray the area with rustoleum, worked wonders for me in the long run...i suggest spraying all for rotors and the shield behind it. i got a can for $1.00 on clearance at advanced.
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