What Is The Difference Between Captive And Non-captive Rotor
02-06-2006, 03:04 AM
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yes.....i´m interested in change all my brake system with bigger rotos and calipers and i have read for all site something about CAPTIVE and NON CAPTIVE....but i dont understand what that means.
can someone explain me what is the difference between CAPTIVE and NON CAPTIVE?
what i have? i have a first from year 98.
thanks
can someone explain me what is the difference between CAPTIVE and NON CAPTIVE?
what i have? i have a first from year 98.
thanks
02-06-2006, 04:15 AM
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Q: What is a captive rotor?
A: With a captive rotor setup, the rotors, hubs and bearings are all bolted together as an assembly when they're on the car. Without the captive bolts in place, the whole thing would fall apart if you tried to drive the car.
With a non-captive setup, the hub and bearing are one unit, but the rotor is separate, and is held in place by the wheel once it is secured with the lug nuts.
The rotors themselves are much different too. Captive rotors have indents in the centre part for the backs of the lug bolts, which are pressed into the front piece of the captive rotor/bearing/hub assembly. The four holes in the rotor are for the captive bolts that hold everything together. Non-captive rotors have four holes too, but these fit on OVER the lug bolts, which are pressed into the back of the hub assembly itself.
You can't swap rotor for rotor because the two designs are vastly different.
Simply put: when you change rotors on a captive rotor setup, you remove the wheel bearing along with the rotor, and it's a lot of work. On a non-captive setup, the rotor comes off independently of the bearing/hub etc and is very simple to remove.
If you want to replace captive rotors with non-captive, you have to change the bearing, hub, spindle and rotor.
This system is not found on 2nd generation tiburons. this is something that First gen owners have to look for.
a picture of this setup is below
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NOTE: don't get confused about the small screw that is on the hubs in 2nd gen tiburons. this screw is there only for the production of the vehicle. you can take this off when applying aftermarket rims.
If you have captive rotors, and would like to do a swap, please visit this link here
A: With a captive rotor setup, the rotors, hubs and bearings are all bolted together as an assembly when they're on the car. Without the captive bolts in place, the whole thing would fall apart if you tried to drive the car.
With a non-captive setup, the hub and bearing are one unit, but the rotor is separate, and is held in place by the wheel once it is secured with the lug nuts.
The rotors themselves are much different too. Captive rotors have indents in the centre part for the backs of the lug bolts, which are pressed into the front piece of the captive rotor/bearing/hub assembly. The four holes in the rotor are for the captive bolts that hold everything together. Non-captive rotors have four holes too, but these fit on OVER the lug bolts, which are pressed into the back of the hub assembly itself.
You can't swap rotor for rotor because the two designs are vastly different.
Simply put: when you change rotors on a captive rotor setup, you remove the wheel bearing along with the rotor, and it's a lot of work. On a non-captive setup, the rotor comes off independently of the bearing/hub etc and is very simple to remove.
If you want to replace captive rotors with non-captive, you have to change the bearing, hub, spindle and rotor.
This system is not found on 2nd generation tiburons. this is something that First gen owners have to look for.
a picture of this setup is below
user posted image
NOTE: don't get confused about the small screw that is on the hubs in 2nd gen tiburons. this screw is there only for the production of the vehicle. you can take this off when applying aftermarket rims.
If you have captive rotors, and would like to do a swap, please visit this link here
02-06-2006, 06:00 AM
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The info EVILJOSH posted is in the FAQ.
Go look in the FAQ. At the top of the forums you'll see a clickable link that says FAQ. Click it. Hit ALT / F when you are in there and type "Captive".
Bet you'll find it all quickly, including a pic of captive rotors.
Go look in the FAQ. At the top of the forums you'll see a clickable link that says FAQ. Click it. Hit ALT / F when you are in there and type "Captive".
Bet you'll find it all quickly, including a pic of captive rotors.