on the drivers side the rotor is seized to the hub and i cant knock it loose. the retainer screw was missing but i cant pull the thing off. anyone know what i should do?

ive already got everything changed on the passenger side so i am hesitant to put the old pads back on and take it to someone.

5/24/2006 8:58:00 PM

im assuming non-four wheel drive, take a BFH hit on the rotors right on top of where they are seized to the hub

5/24/2006 9:00:48 PM

I mean i dont know where they are seized, them shits just dont move

im assuming driving without a retainer screw was a bad thing (im not the one that left it off)


i tried banging it from behind but it wouldnt budge

5/24/2006 9:03:27 PM

try hitting it harder. if you are putting brand new rotors on, try hitting it on the part where pads usually rub against it to get a lil more leverage. you will need a big hammer though, 4 pound at least

[Edited on May 24, 2006 at 9:14 PM. Reason : can't spell]

5/24/2006 9:14:01 PM

Shit...take a 24 to 32 oz hammer and hit it good and hard on the edge. As in down on the edge, toward the centerline. Don't puss out; wail on that bitch.

Is this a Jap car? Does it have two holes for M8x1.25 bolts to press the rotor off?

5/24/2006 9:16:51 PM

german car

do i need to find a replacement for the retainer screw, or is this unrelated?

5/24/2006 9:18:24 PM

retainer screw generally just supports the weight of the rotor while the lug bolts aren't in. Not a big deal, and it being missing certainly didn't cause the seizure. More than likely, when the rotor was last put on, the hub and rotor surfaces weren't cleaned or hit w/ brake cleaner before installed. That or rust caused it. Like Dan said, give it a good couple of tags w/ a bfh.

5/24/2006 9:41:31 PM

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"Don't puss out; wail on that bitch."

hell yeah. quit being a damn pussy.

5/24/2006 10:24:01 PM

either the BFH or jack the car up, slide a jackstand under the rotor and start releasing the jack, let the weight of the car take the rotor off for ya...

5/24/2006 10:31:26 PM

haha

5/24/2006 10:32:37 PM

torch, beat the shit out of it...have fun

5/24/2006 10:38:24 PM

fuck it...who needs rotors anyways

5/24/2006 11:38:16 PM

spray some pb around the studs and hub, strike it hard all the way around the hub towards the center, wait about 30 min and repeat for a few hours. if a single good blow from a 4lb hammer or bigger on the back of the rotor won't pop it off, keep soaking it, a lot of force on one side perpendicular to the bearing isn't good for it. i have had some that i had to heat up and just bust off in pieces with an air chisel they were rusted on so bad.

5/24/2006 11:51:06 PM

rear or front? if rear make sure the parking brake is off.

5/25/2006 2:17:36 AM

i wailed on it last night and it wouldnt budge so i sprayed a ton of pb on it and let it sit
this morning it came off with just a couple taps

5/25/2006 7:03:06 AM

should have just let a man handle it from the beginning

5/25/2006 7:41:40 AM

well your gf was busy

5/25/2006 8:10:08 AM

hahahaha

5/25/2006 9:07:40 AM

my brother had a rotor seized on his jeep so bad it took hours of soaking in WD40 and repeated 25lb dumb bell hits to break it loose

5/25/2006 2:18:54 PM

can we play a game of semantics?

I feel like seized isn't the right word in this case. from here on, let's go with 'stuck'.

5/25/2006 4:45:44 PM

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"well your gf was busy"

maybe your could have called your gay father. he could have limp-wristed it into submission.

5/25/2006 8:00:24 PM

sounds to me like guth just owned himself.

5/25/2006 9:46:06 PM

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"maybe your could have called your gay father. he could have limp-wristed it into submission."

Sorry but thats just plain weak right there

Your capable of much better, and if not........

5/25/2006 11:26:06 PM

if the boogie man lived in my closet id charge him rent

5/25/2006 11:31:25 PM

i think he did a pretty good job. for a guy driving a bonneville with whitewalls.

5/26/2006 2:22:53 AM

hahaha

5/26/2006 6:23:30 PM