This is my girlfriends car. It is a 2002 Mitsubishi Diamante. This is her stock rotor along with her stock brake pads.
As you can see one of her studs has come loose so I am attemtping to replace it. Sadly upon further inspection one of her brake pads has ruined the back of her rotor. Well since I have to remove it anyway no big deal right?
Well except for the fact its the STOCK fucking 2002 rotoe and has completly corroded itself with the hub assembly and I cant get it off for the life of me.
Any ideas? I've completly drenched the back of the rotor were it meets the hub with liquid wrench and have pulled, hit, twisted but nothing will work.
Parking brake is disengaged, traditionally some rotors have threaded holes to but bokts through to push the rotor off but nope not this one.
Soak the front where the hub is, right in the middle. Also, get a bigger hammer. 5lb sledge hammer and beat the fucking shit out of it.
David Walker
Smack the fuck out of it with a hammer dude
Josiah Campbell
what this guy said
Nathaniel Smith
Get you big fucking hammer Hit each of the red dots one after another, it'll probably take 5-10 belts but it should loosen it
Leo Sullivan
Listen to the wisdom of the late MJ and just beat it
Nathaniel Bailey
gloves, wd-40, rubber mallet
Jason Bailey
>rubber mallet
Jackson Foster
Violence is never the answer, but it's an alternative. A very good alternative. Get yourself a fucking hammer and smack that bitch like it owes you.
Jacob Cook
Ahhh i remember this type of shit. My mom had stock brakes form 2001 on her toyota. I just SOAKED the motherfuckers in PBblaster and sad down on the ground and would kick and kick the rotor as hard as i can for 5 mins. Takebm a break, and start kicking again. Took like 20mins but eventually the rotor came off and it felt so satisfying like removing a splinder. By kicking i don't mean with your toe but outward with the BOTTOM of your foot/heel. (Like you're kicking in a door, except your sitting down and using your arms as support.) Also wear booots or really thick shoes
Brody Moore
rubber mallet is a staple of any tool box
Jordan Scott
Better just to use a heavy ass hammer as the boots will yield a bit
Jace Clark
If you have a hammer yes, but in my case i only had a standard sized hammer, so i had to improvise.
Liam Jenkins
So is a gasket scraper, but I wouldn't knock a rotor off with one. A big nylon deadblow might work but brass is the way to go.
Adam Ortiz
Even a normal hammer would be okay, I mean you can get a much better force applied to the rotor with a hammer than a boot.
Anthony Myers
or rubber...
Ayden Flores
a fucking piece of 2x4 wood would work. the point is use something that isnt going to fuck your shit up.
god damn you people are so autistic.
WELL UM ACJTULLY U SHOUD USE BRASS CUZ I WORK ON CAR B4 U CAN USE STEEL IVE DONE IT ASK ME ABOUT WORKIN ON KAR
fucking christ.
Nathaniel Rivera
Wood is good. A normal hammer or rubber hammer won't work well if at all because it will just bounce off the surface. It's not about damaging the rotor.
Jordan Diaz
Shut the fuck up sperglord, go take your autism pills and ram that boot up your ass.
Colton Evans
that rotor it trash, throw bricks at it, who the fuck cares.
also, kicking something with your foot has a LOT more weight behind it than any hammer.
Mason King
Drive around on the rotor till it comes off
Brody Parker
>using brass or nylon on a piece of shit part thats going to be replaced anyway
Daniel Allen
I would just hit it on the e brake drum part. These things shatter pretty easy, so just break it down until it comes off. It's probably hung up on the shoes.
Robert Howard
I have lowered a car onto the rotors to break them loose before...would not recommend it was a bitch to Jack back up
Evan Young
gigantic sterring wheel puller i have 2 in my shop that would prob work
Jonathan Reyes
Sweet Jesus, I may not have believed Veeky Forums was absolute shit, but it is.
Here's what you do >soak everything in your penetrating fluid of choice >go down to your nearest harbor freight or whatever who cares it's not your career it's just a hobby, just fuckin go to harbor freight faggot >get m.harborfreight.com/8-in-three-jaw-gear-puller-69224.html (pic related) >come back >re-apply penetrating fluid >use gear puller >brake comes off
Jesus, I thought I was bad but goddamn, this place is shit.
Jose Wright
Or just whack it with a brass hammer
Nolan Davis
>being a buyfag
Kevin Carter
that thing sucks.
I stripped two of them trying to pull a crank off. shit quality, shit material, threads are made from butter.
Asher Turner
Heat and a hammer.
Jacob Jackson
Or you hit it with a hammer rather than spend $20, you dense cunt.
Use more WD40 Hit with hammer If that doesn't work, get your oxy out and get it hot Now hit with a hammer
Angel Perry
I'm not Jeremy Clarkson. It might work, but why risk damaging something else?
>working on a car with no tools
Maybe, but there's a lot more force needed in pulling a crank, this is just a disc brake and it works well at least for that. I don't think OP has the knowhow to work on something that needs that much force, or will be using it a lot.
Camden Rogers
>spending $20 on a cheap gear puller is stupid >now just get out your ~$100 oxy torch
Luke Diaz
Nigger, you're an order of magnitude more likely to have an oxy than some fucking clamp+screw arrangement shit.
Joshua Morales
It's not going to damage anything (the puller might though because you would have to put it on the braking surface or in the slots if it's a vented rotor on the far outside of the rotor where it's most susceptible to leverage warping it). I've never in my life seen someone use a puller to get a rotor or drum off, a torch and a hammer is the correct tool for the job.
Aiden Hall
Why are buyfags so stupid?
Chase Powell
>puller might damage rotor Who cares? It's being replaced. >I've never seen someone use a gear puller to remove a brake rotor Should have been at my house this past weekend, did it myself, shit worked like magic.
