» Site Navigation | | » Recent Threads | looove 04-16-2024 01:18 PM 04-16-2024 01:18 PM 0 Replies, 1,036 Views | | lolita porn 04-13-2024 11:45 PM 04-13-2024 11:45 PM 0 Replies, 409 Views | lolita porn 04-13-2024 11:43 PM 04-13-2024 11:44 PM 1 Replies, 308 Views | lolita porn 04-13-2024 11:40 PM 04-13-2024 11:41 PM 1 Replies, 311 Views | lolita porn 04-13-2024 11:38 PM 04-13-2024 11:39 PM 1 Replies, 325 Views | lolita porn 04-13-2024 11:36 PM 04-13-2024 11:37 PM 1 Replies, 331 Views | lolita porn 04-13-2024 11:35 PM 04-13-2024 11:35 PM 0 Replies, 293 Views | lolita porn 04-13-2024 11:34 PM 04-13-2024 11:34 PM 0 Replies, 317 Views | lolita porn 04-13-2024 11:33 PM 04-13-2024 11:33 PM 0 Replies, 278 Views | | | | | 04-19-2002, 10:56 PM | #1 | Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 35 | I can't get my brake rotors off the hubs! Everything I read says, "remove hex-key bolt from brake disc and remove brake disc from hub" as if the danged thing will hop right off! My first one (right front) is not budging! I dribbled some Liquid Wrench into the lug bolt holes and the disc mounting hex-key-bolt hole, and around the junction between hub and disc, but no go. I need help! What I read says there must be no grease between the hub and the rotor, so I assume everything is rusted solid. What 's the trick? Also, the bolts that hold the brake pad carriers onto the steering knuckle are frozen, too. I used a 5/8 inch socket, which fit pretty tight until the cheapo thing cracked on a frozen bolt, and I want to get the exact right size. I figure 5/8 inch to be 15.87 mm. I'm thinking 16mm is the right size, but if it's 15mm, let me know before I strip or crack another socket! Nothing is working like the manuals say!!!! Help me, Friends! Dino | | | 04-21-2002, 10:15 PM | #2 | Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Greenville, SC Posts: 9,356 | I had the hardest time removing the rotors. I just kept on whacking it with a hammer. But I'm told the best thing to use is a dead-blow hammer. The bolts for the carriers are a bitch too. I used WD-40 or Liquid Wrench and a 1/2" breaker bar. I might have even put a pipe on the end of the breaker bar. The first time I tried this I busted a cheap-ass Husky socket. I went out and but some Craftsman sockets. It did finally come off. | | | 04-22-2002, 06:38 AM | #3 | Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 35 | Man, it sounds like you had the EXACT same experience I had, right down to the ratchet wrench! I got 'em all off, finally, with a 1/2-inch-drive breaker bar and impact-wrench-model socket for the carrier bolts. A neighbor who works on his older Bimmer encouraged me to hit the rotors harder, and that did the trick. I forgot the rule about German machines: the only thing they understand is brute force! Good thing it all goes back together so much easier than it comes apart! Dino | | | 04-30-2002, 05:15 PM | #4 | Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Westchester, NY Posts: 234 | go out and get a 32 ounce rubber mallet for $3.00 bucks hit the rotor like 3-4 times they will fly off!!!!!! | | | 05-02-2002, 09:17 PM | #5 | Moderator Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Bouncing off the rev limiter in CT! Posts: 3,156 | Age-old proverb for working on cars (no matter where in the world they come from) "Don't force it....Get a bigger hammer" Believe it or not, Germans have hammers in their tool boxes too. (I have a whole draw dedicated to the most valuable tool of the bunch in my roll-away) I have a 1971 Land-Rover as well, and that sees LOTS of "impact persuasion", but that's British, and expected. | | | | Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | | Posting Rules | You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts HTML code is Off | | | |