Mosephus
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- Location
- Duncanville, TX
it's on a ford 8.8 so far I've soaked it in WD40, hammer'd, chisel'd, torched, pryed, etc. and the sucker is still frozen/rusted to the hub/axle shaft
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Tips for Freeing stuck Brake Rotor
- Thread starter Mosephus
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XJawgi
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- cleveland ohio
get a really big hammer, and hit it till it brakes!! no joke... did a set of brakes on a neighbors contour and thats the only way it came off.
5-90
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Hammerspace
I've found that taking a good heavy hammer and fetching each of the wheel studs a good, sound whack will usually loosen rotors up - follow up with a drift to the axle shaft hub, if necessary.
The inertia of the rotor will make it want to stay put when the axle shaft moves, which will usually start to break the rust loose...
In severe cases, I've found a wire "end" brush chucked into a drill motor seems to help break crud up as well - apply, and repeat impact as indicated.
5-90
The inertia of the rotor will make it want to stay put when the axle shaft moves, which will usually start to break the rust loose...
In severe cases, I've found a wire "end" brush chucked into a drill motor seems to help break crud up as well - apply, and repeat impact as indicated.
5-90
5-90
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Hammerspace
tommyr said:
That could work, but heat just the rotor, and not the axle shaft. That will make the holes larger (by a couple thousandths - but take what you get!) and the rotor is a lot easier to replace than the axle shaft...
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CartsXJ
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Glenville, NY
On the junkyard 8.8 we put into a buddy's TJ, we ran into the same problem. the easiest fix would be new shafts and rotors, randy's does have the sweet clip kit. But we ended up, after a few choice word and not have a hammer big enough, cut the top hat off the rotor (please do it outside and wear protection), then air chiseling it off the flange. The second one went hella quick. Would have love for them to just pull off, but take what you can get.
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Not a solution to your prob, but I noticed this past weekend on my GF's Nissan Sentra that their rotors have 2 threaded holes where you can screw in a bolt to push against the axle to pop the rotor off if it's stuck. I was afraid to wail on her rotors with a hammer, so I looked in my box of bolts and actually had the right size. They came off easily. All rotors should have that feature.
traitor5150
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Dartmouth MA
BFH!!! :flame: and :flamemad: is all it takes
RNMedic
NAXJA Member #659
- Location
- Dayton, Ohio
front or rears? if these are rears make sure the little e-brake in side is not the problem.
