Pro Tip: put the Lugnuts on 2/3rds of the way to protect the threads just in case the rotor pops off very suddenly and scrapes the threads on the studs
DUDE !! Your video was spot on... I tried a few ways yesterday, but after watching your video, I spent less than 15 minutes removing two crusty rotors on a 2002 Dodge Grand Caravan... I only had carriage bolts lying around. I used a 5-inch 10mm to turn the bolt and held with a 9/16 brake tool. TY TY TY-- OH, and i used a flat piece of metal to prevent damage to the rotor. You never know when the old one can come in handy.
Thank you for posting this video. I was hammering away with not a budge. I used this method on an 1999 Lexus but without the impact driver. Just used a ratchet and an open end wrench and came off with no problem. The passenger side was a little tougher so I used a second bolt through the other flange and “pop” it came right off.
Once the rotor is off, prevent rust from happening again by cleaning the rust off the hub with a wire brush and spreading a very thin layer of anti seize on the hub face. It re-using the same rotor, clean rust off the inside surface that contacts the hub.
Fluid film is my normal go to. Less messy. But I use the film to also prevent/slow rust from the undercarriage, so sometimes I run out. So I've used a THIN coat of anti seize. They both work very well.
Great video. One suggestion would be to add a second nut partially threaded on where it makes contact with the rotor to protect the threads. I squished my threads without it and hard a very hard time getting the nut off after with the squished threads. Cheers
Same thing happened to me. Don't reuse the bolts. I re used one and ended up having to cut the bolt off with a hacksaw since the threads were so deformed.
Swapping an axle assembly from a parts car onto my daily driver. Between a very stuck rotor and a very stuck driveshaft, it's been challenging. This trick and some heavy penetrant saved me so much time. Such a smart but simple hack! Thank you!
Brilliant! Thank you! My 2018 Camry rear rotors were stuck. Nothing would get them off. I watched your video, and found a bolt and nut to use, and they came off quickly. Thank you for the help!
Dude thanks a lot you are amazing my friend. I wrestle with my rotor yesterday went to bed beat up today saw your video on my way to pick up my daughter. Got home tried your method and came out like butter. Thank you sir
You are my hero! I spent about an hour trying to remove a stuck rotor, but in the end, I decided to try again tomorrow. Tomorrow, I’ll try this hack. Many thanks!
Hi, just want to thank you for your video. I used your method but with a manual ratchet and it worked great. Save me time money and frustration! Your video was straight and to the point. Thanks!
Thanks. Your method saves my day. I tried hummer, MAD gas, rotor screws (supposed to push the rotor out). All are not working. Came the help from TH-cam. I use a 14mm screw to push the rotor out. It works !! Many Thanks :)
Great video sir. My hole fell directly in middle of inside edge of rotor. It went in sideways and broke. Barely got it out. I had to use both holes and slide a strong but thin piece of steel between bolt and rotar so bolt would tighten straight. Tightened each a little at a time and they popped right off. Couldn’t have done it without your vid. Thank you!
Thanks so much. You saved me hours of hammering and several cans of PB Blaster. A quick trip to the hardware store for the bolts and I popped them off. I used two bolts, for the upper and lower holes, for more brute force but maybe one could have done the job. 2004 F250 4WD front brakes.
Thank you so much. This worked Great on my 2022 F250. The truck came from Green Bay where there is extreme rust/corrosion and any metal not aluminum. Front rotors cans off about 3 min per side. Thank you again!!
I tried penatrating oil set for an hour then hammered 50 times it would not come off. Seen the bolt trick. 6 times tightening and turning router with socket driver it loosened up🤩 thanks all you TH-camrs with the videos
Thank you so much, saved my day. I was changing the breaks on my friend's Hyundai i30 and the rotors were sized so badly. This trick loosened them right up 👌👌😁🚗
I also had the same problem. After I called a friend of mine to help me with the stuck rotors, I greased all the contact housing surface with copper grease. So next time brake rotors will come out easily.
Ball peen hammer to the front typically works for me. A regular hammer and mini sledge don't work but the ball peen shakes the rust free and it gives way after half a dozen whacks or so.
Great video! I just spent a few hours...just like you did...messing with a rear passenger side rotor on a 1996 Ford Explorer. From the shade beneath the truck, I watched your video, placed a steering wheel puller on the same knuckle where you placed the bolt, and it popped the first time...a few rotations of the rotor later, it came loose , and I started putting away my tools for tomorrow's new rotors. Thanks so much!
If your putting a new rotor on you can drill it straight into the rotor don’t do if your not tho because it will mess them up but this worked perfect for me after I had tried all the other tricks including loosening the emergency brake adjuster
Same deal here but after removing the caliper and bracket a 24" pry bar on the knuckle popped my rotors off. Sometimes dust shield is in the way of those bolts.
Nice idea. Just a note. You can put the axle nut on partially or use a socket to create a well to hold the wheel puller shaft from slipping off. But I like your solution better.
I tried the bolt trick but it damaged the knuckle ....I had to use a disc puller & submerged the disc & rotor in diesel and finally it came off. I'm going to keep a spray bottle with some diesel in it for any future jobs 👍🏻
lol, well I’m going to try. I backed off the shoe adjustment on rear, hammered it, air hammered, cursed at it, wd40, penetrating oil, etc. this is by far the most promising and makes sense. I take it you could do top and bottom trying to wiggle out. I’m going to try. I’ll be back between 0 and 9 million hours from now :)
@@VicsGarage71 didn’t work for me. I literally torched in between bolts, sprayed wd40 and silicone spray over night, pen oil. Hammers, block, etc. tried to crank down on bolt, rotor would just bend out and it come off…. So I slapped some new pads on there and said “that’s enough outta you!” My rotors on back are ok, not great, not super bad but one side is grooved on inner and the pad can smooth it out. Yea, I’ll have to deal with it in 5-20k miles but works now so there!!!!!!
@@VicsGarage71 5,10 lbs sledge. Map gas blowtorch. Air hammer. Bolt nut method. I don’t know. Rotor pullers for my truck are hard to find. 15” rotor, and I see 12.5” pullers but not big enough. I’ll drive it for a while, prob in a year it’ll have to take it to a shop lol because that thing ain’t budging!
Thank you man! I can't tell ya how many times I banged on it while screaming "SCREW IT!!" kind of ironic that, in the end I just calmly "SCREWED IT" off!? Ha! Thanx again!
Best way I have found is spray with WD40 then put the wheel back on but don't torque down the lug nuts. Put lug nuts on finger tight then back them off 1/2 turn. Drive the car in circles around the yard with loose lug nuts for a minute or two. Obviously do not do this in traffic or at high speeds. Just slow about walking speed and make sharp turns. If you have a bumpy surface with pot holes or speed bumps even better.
My Camry has two threaded holes on the front side of the rotor, 180 degrees apart. You simply tighen two bolts into the holes and rotor gets pushed away from the hub. Too bad all car's rotors don't have that simple feature.
Sledge works every time for me but I am also not trying to save the rotor so maybe that's the best way if you're trying to remove it without replacing it. Having said this I never met a rotor that wouldn't come off with a sledge.
First time I did breaks on my truck I ended up breaking pieces off rotor before it came off with a sledge. It eventually did but what a pain in the ass.
Most rotors have a threaded screw . Remove the screw with a punch screwdriver to remove it and then use a bolt of the correct thread size . The way you show can break and damage parts
@@VicsGarage71 Well, turns out the steering knuckle mounts on my Tundra are too close to the rotor to get even a 3/8 nut let alone a nut + washer in there. Didn't matter because an overnight soak with PB Blaster did the trick. Thanks anyway.
I tried this method after seeing it on another video. I was able to remove the spindle nut without a wrench. It just sliped off the end taking the threads with it. I do not own an acetylene torch so I was doomed anyway. I might be able to remove the rotor from the hub with thermite.
Thanks now I have a bent caliper housing it’s a disaster. I showed this video to an actual mechanic and he laughed at this. He said there’s only one way rotors come off and that’s brute force with a hammer. I caution anyone who wants to try this.
@@VicsGarage71 I don’t know what it’s made of but I managed to bend it back within tolerance and now I’m gonna get rid of it. I had to get the rotors off with a 10lb sledge hammer
Nice solution!.... and by the way they make a 10 ton hydraulic version of the three armed puller that would have worked.... but the bolts are way cheaper!! 10 ton $99 at HFT... in your world princess auto
Pro Tip: put the Lugnuts on 2/3rds of the way to protect the threads just in case the rotor pops off very suddenly and scrapes the threads on the studs
Thank You
Great tip. You may want to use a large diameter coin or something similar to distribute the pressure on the back side of the rotor by the bolt.
DUDE !! Your video was spot on... I tried a few ways yesterday, but after watching your video, I spent less than 15 minutes removing two crusty rotors on a 2002 Dodge Grand Caravan... I only had carriage bolts lying around. I used a 5-inch 10mm to turn the bolt and held with a 9/16 brake tool. TY TY TY-- OH, and i used a flat piece of metal to prevent damage to the rotor. You never know when the old one can come in handy.
Same here. Only had 2 carriage bolts laying around but damn did it do the trick!
Thank you for posting this video. I was hammering away with not a budge. I used this method on an 1999 Lexus but without the impact driver. Just used a ratchet and an open end wrench and came off with no problem. The passenger side was a little tougher so I used a second bolt through the other flange and “pop” it came right off.
I literally spent 1 hour trying to take off one off on my f250. Tried this method on the other one and did the trick.
Thanks. Hope you sub and share!
Once the rotor is off, prevent rust from happening again by cleaning the rust off the hub with a wire brush and spreading a very thin layer of anti seize on the hub face. It re-using the same rotor, clean rust off the inside surface that contacts the hub.
Fluid film works as well
Fluid film is my normal go to. Less messy. But I use the film to also prevent/slow rust from the undercarriage, so sometimes I run out. So I've used a THIN coat of anti seize. They both work very well.
I always put anti-seize on the hub good tip.
I used metric bolts to remove stuck hub bearing on an impala.NEVER SAW ANYONE ELSE USE BOLTS TO REMOVE WHEEL HUB BUT IT WORKS EVERYTIME.
Great video. One suggestion would be to add a second nut partially threaded on where it makes contact with the rotor to protect the threads. I squished my threads without it and hard a very hard time getting the nut off after with the squished threads. Cheers
Same thing happened to me. Don't reuse the bolts. I re used one and ended up having to cut the bolt off with a hacksaw since the threads were so deformed.
Swapping an axle assembly from a parts car onto my daily driver. Between a very stuck rotor and a very stuck driveshaft, it's been challenging. This trick and some heavy penetrant saved me so much time. Such a smart but simple hack! Thank you!
Cheers man. Share and check out some of the other stuff
Thanks. Hope you sub and share!
Brilliant! Thank you! My 2018 Camry rear rotors were stuck. Nothing would get them off. I watched your video, and found a bolt and nut to use, and they came off quickly. Thank you for the help!
I dropped the rotor face down with bearing and studs outwards popped loose
Dude thanks a lot you are amazing my friend. I wrestle with my rotor yesterday went to bed beat up today saw your video on my way to pick up my daughter. Got home tried your method and came out like butter. Thank you sir
Was shown to me so I can't take credit. But thanks for watching.
I had beat on the rotor for hours and tried everything. I gave up and went to yourtube and found your video. Thank you sooooo much.
What size bolt you used
Thanks Vic, you just saved me a big headache and a trip to the city
You are my hero! I spent about an hour trying to remove a stuck rotor, but in the end, I decided to try again tomorrow. Tomorrow, I’ll try this hack. Many thanks!
awesome... I used my puller with the all tread and arbor and it worked
Hi, just want to thank you for your video. I used your method but with a manual ratchet and it worked great. Save me time money and frustration! Your video was straight and to the point. Thanks!
Thanks bud. Hope you share and subscribe!
Thank you very much I've been struggling for 2 days 🙏🙏🙏💪💪
Dude this is absolutely genius!!!
Tried hammers, heat, WD40 etc. Nothing was working. 2 mins at this and ping!
👍👍👍
Thank you Vic.. I have tried everything and this is the best starting point and effective. forget hammers, heat, penetrant
Thanks. Your method saves my day. I tried hummer, MAD gas, rotor screws (supposed to push the rotor out). All are not working. Came the help from TH-cam. I use a 14mm screw to push the rotor out. It works !!
Many Thanks :)
Great video sir. My hole fell directly in middle of inside edge of rotor. It went in sideways and broke. Barely got it out. I had to use both holes and slide a strong but thin piece of steel between bolt and rotar so bolt would tighten straight. Tightened each a little at a time and they popped right off. Couldn’t have done it without your vid. Thank you!
Thanks a lot I went through this yesterday trying to install rear hubs on my 2012 Nissan Armada
Hours of WD40 and a rubber mallet! Took me five minutes with two bolts, nuts and the old brake pads. Thank you for posting this.
Thanks. Hope you sub and share!
Old brake pad great idea to not mar the rotor.
This worked perfectly - thanks!
I can add that releasing the parking brake makes this a lot easier if the rotor has a "drum in hat" =)
Thanks so much. You saved me hours of hammering and several cans of PB Blaster. A quick trip to the hardware store for the bolts and I popped them off. I used two bolts, for the upper and lower holes, for more brute force but maybe one could have done the job. 2004 F250 4WD front brakes.
Thank you so much. This worked Great on my 2022 F250. The truck came from Green Bay where there is extreme rust/corrosion and any metal not aluminum. Front rotors cans off about 3 min per side. Thank you again!!
Glad to hear. Hope you subscribe and check some of the history content out on the channel!
You saved me from blowing a gasket. That bolt hack is right on. Thank you very much.
I tried penatrating oil set for an hour then hammered 50 times it would not come off. Seen the bolt trick. 6 times tightening and turning router with socket driver it loosened up🤩 thanks all you TH-camrs with the videos
Thanks man!
Thank you so much, saved my day. I was changing the breaks on my friend's Hyundai i30 and the rotors were sized so badly. This trick loosened them right up 👌👌😁🚗
Awesome man! I broke a rotor with a sledge hammer and still didn’t get them off.
Ty worked like a charm, effortlessly
I also had the same problem. After I called a friend of mine to help me with the stuck rotors, I greased all the contact housing surface with copper grease. So next time brake rotors will come out easily.
Thank you man. I just spent hours with the regular metod and your trick saved my time. ❤
This is genius. I just got one off using a rose bud I bought at harbor freight. I like your method better because heat could damage bearing seals.
Nor bad. Not bad at all. I appreciate the ingenuity. Adapt and overcome.
Thanks for watching!
Worked for me, thanks for posting this.
Excellent - simple and effective technique. Will try it next time I have a stuck rotor. Thanks!
Perfect trick that did the job. Great job with the video!
Thank you Vic, you made my day.
Thank you 10x. I was just about to give up and take my truck into a pro. This worked perfectly
The same trick can work to take off stuck hub as well. Thanks for your video!
This was the only thing that got my rotor unstuck. Thank you!
I've always used the Find-Me-A-Bigger-Hammer approach. That's always worked for me, but I know I'm going to jack something up one of these days.
Awesome, I'll remember your tip! Thanks.
Ball peen hammer to the front typically works for me. A regular hammer and mini sledge don't work but the ball peen shakes the rust free and it gives way after half a dozen whacks or so.
Thank you!!! Saved me buying a $40 tool.
Fantastic!! Thank you!! My 2006 Scion and me are very grateful!
Great tip!
Thanks, I really appreciate it you making this video. I too used PB blaster, a hammer, a hudge pry bar, MAPP gas, wouldn't even budge.
Right on
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS! You and your genius idea are much appreciated 🙏 We had tried everything else with no luck, and this worked in just minutes
I can’t take credit for the idea. It was shown to me and several others have done it before me. But I’m glad it worked for you.
Great video! I just spent a few hours...just like you did...messing with a rear passenger side rotor on a 1996 Ford Explorer. From the shade beneath the truck, I watched your video, placed a steering wheel puller on the same knuckle where you placed the bolt, and it popped the first time...a few rotations of the rotor later, it came loose , and I started putting away my tools for tomorrow's new rotors. Thanks so much!
Great idea! So simple I'm ashamed I never thought of that myself! Thanks for this 😁
Can’t take credit for it. It was shown to me.
Works like a charm!!
I'm gonna try it , I bought a puller and it wouldn't do the job hopefully it will work. Thanks for the video
good camera work thanks
If your putting a new rotor on you can drill it straight into the rotor don’t do if your not tho because it will mess them up but this worked perfect for me after I had tried all the other tricks including loosening the emergency brake adjuster
Id just be worried about bending the bracket if its really stuck...
This method worked for me, thank you
Same deal here but after removing the caliper and bracket a 24" pry bar on the knuckle popped my rotors off. Sometimes dust shield is in the way of those bolts.
Nice idea. Just a note. You can put the axle nut on partially or use a socket to create a well to hold the wheel puller shaft from slipping off. But I like your solution better.
I tried the bolt trick but it damaged the knuckle ....I had to use a disc puller & submerged the disc & rotor in diesel and finally it came off. I'm going to keep a spray bottle with some diesel in it for any future jobs 👍🏻
Worked like a charm! Thanks
Slick trick, man.
It work! Thank you sir ! Very helpful I have thesame problem!😅
Thanks a lot
Thank you. This worked perfectly. ( After an hour of sledge hammering and wearing out my arms.) Again, thank you.
It worked👍, thanks. Great video
This did they trick! New power unlocked!
Thanks goood explanation
Thanks worked like a charm 😊😊😊
lol, well I’m going to try. I backed off the shoe adjustment on rear, hammered it, air hammered, cursed at it, wd40, penetrating oil, etc. this is by far the most promising and makes sense. I take it you could do top and bottom trying to wiggle out.
I’m going to try. I’ll be back between 0 and 9 million hours from now :)
@@thenext9537 Godspeed lol
@@VicsGarage71 didn’t work for me. I literally torched in between bolts, sprayed wd40 and silicone spray over night, pen oil. Hammers, block, etc. tried to crank down on bolt, rotor would just bend out and it come off….
So I slapped some new pads on there and said “that’s enough outta you!” My rotors on back are ok, not great, not super bad but one side is grooved on inner and the pad can smooth it out.
Yea, I’ll have to deal with it in 5-20k miles but works now so there!!!!!!
@@thenext9537lol Jesus. Might need to buy a an actual puller or a bigger hammer!
@@VicsGarage71 5,10 lbs sledge. Map gas blowtorch. Air hammer. Bolt nut method. I don’t know. Rotor pullers for my truck are hard to find. 15” rotor, and I see 12.5” pullers but not big enough.
I’ll drive it for a while, prob in a year it’ll have to take it to a shop lol because that thing ain’t budging!
Thank you man! I can't tell ya how many times I banged on it while screaming "SCREW IT!!" kind of ironic that, in the end I just calmly "SCREWED IT" off!? Ha! Thanx again!
Yeah man. So many people telling me to just hit it harder. I had a rotor brake off in pieces and still not come off. This worked great.
Good tip, i need to change my Rotors that I know are siezed on.
Okay I'm on day three so I'm going to try your suggestion there with the bolts. I'll get back with you and let you know how it goes
Nicely done.
You are a life saver.
Can we trust a mechanic with clean hands??
😁
Great tip
Lol. You should see them now. But it’s from building a shed and not car work.
Drill 2 small hole on the rotor across from each other between the lug nut stud tap it then use right size bolt to push it out
Thanks man , saved my life
What size bolt is that?
Man thx Vic that will come handy great video
Anytime bud!
Best way I have found is spray with WD40 then put the wheel back on but don't torque down the lug nuts. Put lug nuts on finger tight then back them off 1/2 turn. Drive the car in circles around the yard with loose lug nuts for a minute or two. Obviously do not do this in traffic or at high speeds. Just slow about walking speed and make sharp turns. If you have a bumpy surface with pot holes or speed bumps even better.
Genius technique!
Excellent! A poor man's press!
Great idea !! Thanks 👍
Subscribed! Thank you again!
My Camry has two threaded holes on the front side of the rotor, 180 degrees apart. You simply tighen two bolts into the holes and rotor gets pushed away from the hub. Too bad all car's rotors don't have that simple feature.
Thank you so much you made my job 1000% easier again thank you for your efforts 👌
Glad it worked for u
@VicsGarage71 it works great 15.00 versus 140.00 tool thanks again
I must try it!
if it works on my car I owe you a beer!
Sledge works every time for me but I am also not trying to save the rotor so maybe that's the best way if you're trying to remove it without replacing it. Having said this I never met a rotor that wouldn't come off with a sledge.
First time I did breaks on my truck I ended up breaking pieces off rotor before it came off with a sledge. It eventually did but what a pain in the ass.
@@VicsGarage71 hahaha good point. Yes it can break in pieces if it’s too rusty
Great job.
Most rotors have a threaded screw . Remove the screw with a punch screwdriver to remove it and then use a bolt of the correct thread size . The way you show can break and damage parts
I wouldn’t say most have that thread hole. Clearly this one didn’t and my other vehicle doesn’t.
Bro, thank you 🙏🏽
THANK YOU SO MUCH YOU SAVED MY GOD BLESS!!!
Thanks. I'll give it try
Remember to put a bit of pressure, then back it off, rotate and repeat. Don't just crank it and damage the the bracket or something.
@@VicsGarage71 Well, turns out the steering knuckle mounts on my Tundra are too close to the rotor to get even a 3/8 nut let alone a nut + washer in there. Didn't matter because an overnight soak with PB Blaster did the trick. Thanks anyway.
Thank you so much this worked
I tried this method after seeing it on another video. I was able to remove the spindle nut without a wrench. It just sliped off the end taking the threads with it. I do not own an acetylene torch so I was doomed anyway. I might be able to remove the rotor from the hub with thermite.
Braking caliper backing
Thanks now I have a bent caliper housing it’s a disaster. I showed this video to an actual mechanic and he laughed at this. He said there’s only one way rotors come off and that’s brute force with a hammer. I caution anyone who wants to try this.
You manged to bend what is likely a cast iron caliper bracket before stripping the threads on the bolts?
@@VicsGarage71 I don’t know what it’s made of but I managed to bend it back within tolerance and now I’m gonna get rid of it. I had to get the rotors off with a 10lb sledge hammer
I can’t believe I’ve never thought of this, definitely gonna remember that one thanks for the tip
THE BEST
Nice solution!.... and by the way they make a 10 ton hydraulic version of the three armed puller that would have worked.... but the bolts are way cheaper!! 10 ton $99 at HFT... in your world princess auto
Yeah that was my next step for sure!
I did the same thing for the bearing btw! Might make another quick video on that lol.
Awesome!