How to Remove a Stuck Brake Rotor | EASY!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ก.ค. 2024
- This is how to remove a brake rotor that is stuck to your vehicle. You will often run into this when trying to change the brakes out on your car. These are the tricks we use in the automotive field to get the rotor off and get the brake job completed. If you have any questions please leave them below and thank you for watching!
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Many thanks for this. WD-40 did the trick. Had to let it sit for a few minutes, but it popped right out with the hammer. I also appreciate telling us where NOT to hit it. Didn’t need the torch this time 😊
Sometimes, rotors come with a couple threaded holes on the face in between studs. They're the same thread as the caliper bracket bolts. You can thread those on and then use a wrench or impact to use the bolts to push the rotor away from the surface it's frozen to.
You are correct. It works every time
Bless you and this comment. Rotor came off in 5 seconds.
@harvey1115 glad it helped!!
After an hour of struggling!!!! The torch method worked! Thank you!!
Good tips. After cleaning the hub, I apply a thin coat of the silver anti-seize which is high temp and makes removal easier.
Thank you!! WD-40 and a hammer worked a charm! Disappointed I didn't get to use the blow torch 😂
Great job!
I have had rotors that refused to come off with any of the methods that you mentioned. I have found that if the capper mounting holes are over the breaking surface, you can get some bolts from the hardware store and push the rotor off using the bracket mounting holes as a place to push against.
Thanks, man you have that a lot
Thank you! Butane did it for me
Actually the heat trick does fail. I did PB BLaster, hammering and heat all before coming here. Ehh, Big Red needs new wheel bearings and rotors so they are coming off together LOL
More heat then! At that point I'd use my actual acetylene torch and get it really hot. But most people don't have one of those. Good solution! I like it! Thanks for watching!
COOL VIDEO !
Thanks!
I'm curious as to whether a good epoxy coating (primer/paint) on the axle surface before putting on the rotor would help prevent the rust some. I've been doing that on my rotors/axles and so far it seems to have been the way to go... But I don't live in any 'rust belt', so there's that I'll admit. Still, seen my share of stuck on rotors for sure. Last one was from Arizona! That was a reaaal fun time getting it off to replace it...
It helps. I use coated rotors most of the time and the hub gets sprayed with fluid film/waxoyl or similar, then rotor goes on and spray the rotor as well. Then clean the friction surfaces just before the wheel goes on. That helps quite a bit, but here you also need to check the caliper slides just about yearly as well because they rot in place as well.
You should have talked about the park brakes holding the rotor on. Something it wears a groove in the rotor drum and prevents it from coming off.
I mentioned at the start of the video the parking brake isn't holding the rotor. Usually that isn't the case. Usually rust and road crud are the culprit. Thanks for watching!
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I wish the ones here came off that easy. That one had about 6 months of NY rust on it. My normal process is to heat the rotor and grab the 5 pound engineers hammer or I grab the big air hammer. Even then I've had some that had to be cut off they were rotted in place so bad. That is pretty much why every brake job in the rust belt is pads and rotors, they are just so rotted and get damaged in removal. I should load up a few rot boxes for you to play with.. LOL
Yeah we get lucky here, you need extra fire!
Haha send me a box of rust to paly with lol
My rotor doesn't fit all the way whys that?? Please help ive tried everything the rotor doesn't fit properly from the bottom Three screws the too fots perfectly but the bottom ones dont fit all the why pls help.
Will a propane torch work or does it not get hot enough?
Propane torch will work just will take a little longer. Thanks for watching!
What do you do when the torch method does not work???
More heat! It always works. Thanks for watching!
at almost 2 minutes in you can see the rotor shifts slightly which clearly shows the rotor is not stuck and so when he does tap it with a hammer first tap it miraculously comes lose.
I’ll come back if beating the $h!t out of my rotor doesn’t work
We are still stuck!!!!! "NvM