My Front Rotors.
04-27-2006, 02:58 PM
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OK, so I am in the process of doing the front brakes and rotors on my 2001 tiburon. I got the front driverside wheel, caliper, and braket off. I took out the set screws from the rotor, but the rotor WILL NOT come off. We have been beating on it for half an hour now and I think the rotor is going to shatter to pieces before it comes off. Suggestions please.
04-27-2006, 03:07 PM
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sounds like you've already got everything off the rotor that needs to off in order to take it loose. i'd say use some pb blast and keep working it with the hammer, but don't hit the brake surface.
04-27-2006, 03:47 PM
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I am replacing the rotor so I have no problem hitting the brakeing surface. I just bought some pb blaster and put it on. we'll see how it goes.
04-27-2006, 04:13 PM
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when i took mine off the front ones were a PAIN.
do something for me though. on the inside of the hat of the rotor, look, I think their might be some type of circular clip that holds it onto the hub during assembly. When I finally got mine off there was the 1" or so band of metal that was all around the inside of the rotor, after I broke the second one off I was thinking, hey I wonder if it was just some clip I could have popped off and made that a 10 minute job instead of an hour of hammering.
do something for me though. on the inside of the hat of the rotor, look, I think their might be some type of circular clip that holds it onto the hub during assembly. When I finally got mine off there was the 1" or so band of metal that was all around the inside of the rotor, after I broke the second one off I was thinking, hey I wonder if it was just some clip I could have popped off and made that a 10 minute job instead of an hour of hammering.
04-27-2006, 06:26 PM
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Yeah I say use a plasma cutter. laugh.gif Mine got stuck aswell when I swapped mine out. I think we just keep hitting the left and right side and finally it worked off. No for the clip...I cant remeber.
04-27-2006, 06:31 PM
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welcome to the club man.
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Took 2 days (nearly straight) of a 3LB sledge, blow torch, and a 3 ton 3 hook puller. Sucked a lot. On the second day, I had the great idea to take an impact wrench and put the 3 ton puller in it... it was either gonna take the rotor off or destroy the universe. guess you can figure out what happened if you're reading this! cool.gif
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Took 2 days (nearly straight) of a 3LB sledge, blow torch, and a 3 ton 3 hook puller. Sucked a lot. On the second day, I had the great idea to take an impact wrench and put the 3 ton puller in it... it was either gonna take the rotor off or destroy the universe. guess you can figure out what happened if you're reading this! cool.gif
04-27-2006, 06:39 PM
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damnit.. nobody believes me on this. There is an EASY way to remove your rotors.. and I do not care how rusted on they are.
Remove the bolts that hold the rotors on and look in the holes. If you notice, there are TWO SETS of threads there. A larger set in the rotor itself and a smaller diameter set in the hub. all you have to do is find the correct size bolt for the LARGER diameter threads, insert them, and crank both of them in evenly. This will either pop the rotor right off or break the face of it.. which will allow you to pull off the braking surface easily.
remember.. you want a bolt with a thread that will fit the LARGE threaded hole ONLY! You do NOT want a bolt that will thread into the hub's threads.
Remove the bolts that hold the rotors on and look in the holes. If you notice, there are TWO SETS of threads there. A larger set in the rotor itself and a smaller diameter set in the hub. all you have to do is find the correct size bolt for the LARGER diameter threads, insert them, and crank both of them in evenly. This will either pop the rotor right off or break the face of it.. which will allow you to pull off the braking surface easily.
remember.. you want a bolt with a thread that will fit the LARGE threaded hole ONLY! You do NOT want a bolt that will thread into the hub's threads.