ROTOR HELP NEEDED

shonoff

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I am changing rotors on my 98. The passenger front will not come off. Ive pounded the **** out of it with a hammer from the front, from the back, pretty much anywhere I could hit it with a hammer. I soaked the whole thing with about a half a can of pb blaster, it still wont budge. Anyone got any other tips?

 

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Strike the "hat" of the rotor from the side, at a 90 degree angle to the movement of the rotor off the hub. Strike it on the side of the hat.

 

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are the lugs straight?

 

shonoff

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Kilgore Trout said:

Strike the "hat" of the rotor from the side, at a 90 degree angle to the movement of the rotor off the hub. Strike it on the side of the hat.

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Just got done trying that. Still didnt budge. This thing is starting to piss me off now.

 

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Use a big drift and a dead blow hammer to strike the side of the hat, work your way around the circumference of the rotor hat.

 

shonoff

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Kilgore Trout said:

Use a big drift and a dead blow hammer to strike the side of the hat, work your way around the circumference of the rotor hat.

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I went to autozone an upgraded my hammer from 16oz claw hammer to 3lb sledge...............Did what you said. Came off in 4 hits. Thanks all

 

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shonoff said:

I went to autozone an upgraded my hammer from 16oz claw hammer to 3lb sledge...............Did what you said. Came off in 4 hits. Thanks all

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amazing what you can do with the proper tools.