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hippiekiller
09-23-2008, 07:32 PM
So yeah, went to change out my rotors and calipers and ran into a slight problem. Went to put a bolt in the hole to push the rotor off the hub and the damn hole stripped. Bolt fit in all the way in until it pushed on the hub, as soon as there was any resistance it stripped. Actually it did it to both of them. So I got out my maul and went to town. Still doesn't move. I used a ton of PB blaster on it before I even attempted to get it off, so that wasn't an issue. Only other things I can think of is trying to re-tap the holes and heating it up and smashing the shit out of it again. Keep in mind I hadn't tried the heating it up yet simply due to the amount of pb blaster used.

So any one else have any better ideas?

Kevin 1G Drummer
09-23-2008, 07:37 PM
Heat away. The pb blaster will burn off too fast to cause any kind of issue.

dsm9sec
09-23-2008, 08:09 PM
Wow, if you only knew the horror I went through to change one of my rotors. No need for heat, here's the sure fire way.

http://www.vfaq.com/mods/BrakeRotors.html

Here's a pic of my rotor after I got it off.

http://www.tcstreets.com/pics/rotor.JPG

And hub.

http://www.tcstreets.com/pics/hub.JPG

xveganxcowboyx
09-23-2008, 08:48 PM
The above is a great solution. Usually beating the piss out of it will work, but there's really no need to be so rough on it. The torque of a strong bolt and breaker bar works great.

hippiekiller
09-23-2008, 09:48 PM
Thanks, don't know why I didn't look in vfaq...I know damn well I am going to have to do this to all four rotors too. You should see my lugs. I am going to have to order new ones or some ARP's. Chunks missing out of them and so much rust. It's pretty bad.

GsXtUrBo98
09-23-2008, 10:00 PM
[quote=hippiekiller;257460]You should see my lugs.

Don't you mean studs???

2bar1g
09-23-2008, 10:32 PM
One of the first things when I've bought a car is to clean the studs and put some antiseize on them. You never know with previous owners.

1QUICK4
09-23-2008, 11:06 PM
Just beat them off with a hammer. Make sure it's at least a larger deadblow hammer not some wussy carpentry hammer. Then you hopefully won't have to replace your bearings.

Out of the 1000 break jobs I've done I've never not been able to remove a rotor with a hammer. Sometimes you just havve to keep pounding away :)

hippiekiller
09-23-2008, 11:12 PM
Just beat them off with a hammer. Make sure it's at least a larger deadblow hammer not some wussy carpentry hammer. Then you hopefully won't have to replace your bearings.

Out of the 1000 break jobs I've done I've never not been able to remove a rotor with a hammer. Sometimes you just havve to keep pounding away :)

Considering I did that with a 4 lb maul for about an hour and it didn't move, I don't think that is going to work.

TkrPerformance
09-23-2008, 11:14 PM
I just use a bfh
I have a ton of stock studs if you need a set or 2