Rotors are stuck

[mounir]

So today I was trying to remove my old rotors to put on new cross-drilled ones and I encountered a slight problem... My old rotors are rusted near the center of the hub and stuck on there pretty good. Anyone know how to get them off, or can help me remove them ?

[Default User]

WD40 and a hammer

[mounir]

WD40 and a hammer

Tried that for 15 minutes straight with absoluetely no luck. :S

[schmat66]

there not being used so beat the crap outa them

[peterm15]

Gigaloo
Better then wd. Let her soak for 20 min or so.

[mounir]

there not being used so beat the crap outa them

I don't want to damage anything around them. I read on M3F about people using something called PB blaster, but i'm not sure how effective this method would be. I don't want to go buy something that isn't going to work..

[mounir]

Gigaloo
Better then wd. Let her soak for 20 min or so.

What is that ? :\

[peterm15]

http://www.jigaloo.com/ca/e_home.php

Much like wd-40 but better. Wd gunks up over time while jigaloo doesn't. In my experience it's also better at removing seized things and rust.

[mounir]

http://www.jigaloo.com/ca/e_home.php

Much like wd-40 but better. Wd gunks up over time while jigaloo doesn't. In my experience it's also better at removing seized things and rust.

This stuff looks amazing. Any clue where I could find some ?

[SomeGuy]

LoL bash them harder, with a bigger hammer? They'll eventually come off...

[peterm15]

This stuff looks amazing. Any clue where I could find some ?

Canadian tire. Should be close to the wd-40 or near the auto lube section.

[boyracer]

Gigaloo
Better then wd. Let her soak for 20 min or so.

I remember those stupid t.v. adds. I think I saw it in the automotive section

[stevenma188]

I find PB Blaster works well for removing seized on stuff.

[Cosmo77]

Use a hammer and swing....*****

[dentinger]

Use a hammer and swing....*****

+1

stop hitting it with your purse.

[mounir]

Use a hammer and swing....*****

I'm not sure if your illiterate, but if you were able to read you would see in one of my previous posts that I have tried to hit it with a hammer.


+1

stop hitting it with your purse.

Good one bud.

[dentinger]

what do you want from us?
ive never encounted a problem removing old rotors.

get a larger hammer if you have to.

[boyracer]

Use a hammer and swing....*****


+1

stop hitting it with your purse.

LOL, :chuckle Those 2 post's together are great... ahhh

[Cosmo77]

Thou shalt not be beaten by a car....hit harder...put down the glass hammer

Hitting from the back side helps....just try to miss the caliper cage perch.
Also try hitting the front face of the rotor so hard that you crack the rotor, this usualy makes it come off too

[Dave_The_BMXER]

Ya mine did this too, I changed the angle of the multi angle swing press and voila

[PearlM3]

When I chNged mine I had to heat them up with a torch and beat the snot out of them to get them off

[zoso]

I'm not sure if your illiterate, but if you were able to read you would see in one of my previous posts that I have tried to hit it with a hammer.
.

A blow up hammer from the CNE doesn't count.

:bot but get some Jig-a-loo and soak it down for a while, then try it again. If you take it anywhere else, they'll do the same and/or take a blowtorch to it but i doubt you have that on hand

[horto]

Time for the BFH.

(big f_cking hammer)

[TheMAN]

or you can do it the smart way... put a bolt into the rotor hat and push it off!

[Cab0oze]

If your hammers fail (as in break, i killed 3 of my old ones) in combination with wd40 etc.... get a bigger hammer lol. This worked for me :P

[mounir]

or you can do it the smart way... put a bolt into the rotor hat and push it off!

I think that's what I'm going to be doing. Went and bought some 3in x 1/2in bolts, nuts and washers. I think that should do it.

[mounir]

Time for the BFH.

(big f_cking hammer)
:headbang

Haha I tried using a sledgehammer man ! They're rusted on pretty good :S

[Jackal]

:headbang

Haha I tried using a sledgehammer man ! They're rusted on pretty good :S


or you can do it the smart way... put a bolt into the rotor hat and push it off!

+1

Put away your hammer little grasshopper. Try this. Hope it works.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtsTJCRljAs

[mounir]

+1

Put away your hammer little grasshopper. Try this. Hope it works.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtsTJCRljAs

I went out and bought the stuff needed for it last night, I'll try it out tomorrow or Tuesday.

[prime]

My rotors were literraly hammered off breaking them in half... Had to buy a new hammer since the first one broke in the process. It looks brutal but it works.