So I got my Wheel Hubs and Bearings in the other day and decided I would put them in. So I drove 2 blocks down the road to get the Pins and was trailed by the cops and pulled over... Mind you this is like the only time I have drivin my car since i got it. Well turns out the plate my brother put on the car goes to nothing (?) and so the cop took it and wrote me a citation and such... real fun stuff. Well I get the pins and grind it to the shop behind my house. I print off a guide from Wiki just incase ...Well I dont have an Impact so I have to do everything by cheater bar and such. I get the Passenger side wheel off and then can't get the Rotor off... its stuck and the thread holes have 0 threads left so can't thread in a bolt and push them off... so I take my rubber mallet and go crazy.... Nothin! So I decide to do the other side. Well everythings coming along nicely cept for everything being seized up REALLY bad. The Rotor practically falls off and eventually I get the hub off and put start the new one on. Well the Tie rod end thread magically shreaded and the lock nut won't go back on. So i have to drive to the store and buy a new one, and with gods luck get the lock nut to break over with jumping on it. Finally get it all back together. My friend was still smashing the rotor on the other side with the rubber mallet the whole time and it still won't budge. Well its getting late so I figure I'll save the bad hub for tomorrow. Well one of the Caliper Pistons seize and I cant get the Caliper back on the Rotor... So we try for like 2 hours with a clamp and everything else and it won't budge. So finally I give up. Come back this morning pull the Caliper off, shove the wheel back on tighten it down and drive back to my house using 0 brakes what so ever.
Right now when i look out my window at my (new) VR4... I just feel like I'll neva get it back on the road! Ugh. Well I ordered new rotors, brake pads, and calipers and I have less than 0 money left. And I just hope that when it all comes in, I hope to god everything goes atleast kinda right. Thanks for listening to my LONG rant. Have a great day...
don't know if you got the rotor yet, but i had the same problem with mine. I went to autozone and got one of their, pullers? sorry i forgot what its called its basically 3 arms that go over the edge of the rotor and a bolt in the middle that you turn. I had all mine off in ten mins with that thing compared to nothing after 3 hours of beating the things
dont use a rubber mallet its next to useless. the flat part of the rotor is what you need to shock. without hitting the studs give the rotor center a few good cracks with a big steel hammer. think of a triangle and the 3 corners is where you need to hit (without hitting the studs) squirt some easit oil around the center flange and go have a coffee come back and hit it again. dont be shy either show it whos boss! DON'T hit the outter of the rotor the (business part) and don't try to knock the rotor off from the back!
direct hits with a big hammer is enough to shock the rust thats holding the rotor on.
I pretty much soaked the Rotor in WD40 and did take a big hammer to the center of the rotor also. I guess when I get the parts in I'll just get a puller and take it off that way... or even take the Hub off with it if I have 2. Thanks for the advice tho guys!
don't know if you got the rotor yet, but i had the same problem with mine. I went to autozone and got one of their, pullers? sorry i forgot what its called its basically 3 arms that go over the edge of the rotor and a bolt in the middle that you turn. I had all mine off in ten mins with that thing compared to nothing after 3 hours of beating the things
It's essentially a harmonic balancer puller. You can pretty much adapt one of those to almost any pulling need, I've found.
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1991 Dodge Stealth ES - The car that started the 3S obsession
Mods: Open air filter, "resonator" bottle removed, Off the road, deciding on selling or parting out :'(
1991 Fiji/Mystic Blue R/T TT 1 of 235(paint/R/T TT only, can't find more info, VIN is a 1 of none number)
Show: First-gen VR-4 rims, Dual illuminite speakers. Soon: second-gen rear bumper
Mods: RPS full face clutch, Fidanza flywheel, ATR downpipe, TurboXS dual stage boost controller(10 PSI and 13-15(need tuning device)), K+N fipk, Kormex 25 spline, recall transfercase. 180k service done thanks Clint. EGR Blockoff and Vac Reduction. Soon: Fix hot-start issues(Bigger injectors ftw) and coolant/oil temp issues, water/meth injection, some sort of real tuning device, Aluminum stock pulley, DSM Sidemounts, solid motor mounts. 1987 Dodge Ramcharger - The back-up plan. Mods: Non-computerized timing, custom white gauge faces and red LED illumination, cat-back straight pipe, Chevy seats, Ford running boards, and Mopar everything else.
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What tha? Could anything else go wrong?
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