Any Tricks To Getting Off Stuck Rotor?

[Mad Maxx]

Got the new Caliper on the Dodge to replace the one that was Sticking, but can't get the Rotor off now. It's on there pretty damn good.

E-Brake is off, Whacked it with a BFH from behind and nothing. Spun it and Whacked some more, and nothing.

Other than a Torch, which I don't have, anyone else got some Tricks?

Would it be safe to Spray some PB Blaster on it, or will it screw up the Pads / New Rotor when I put them back on if I don't get all the PB off?

 

[THEFERMANATOR]

Spray it with some blaster, and take an air hammer to it. I use an air hammer with a flat hammer bit in it, and hit it on the face of the rotor going around the studs. I've gotten some pretty stuck on rotors off this way. The hammerring on the face where the wheel sits works REALLY good to break the rust out that is locking it in place.

 

[btfarm]

What Ferm said

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[tanman_2006]

X3

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[precision37]

I'm not familiar with Dodge brakes. Are the parking brakes a drum within the rotor like the GM ones? Could the parking brake shoes be worn into a groove and holding the rotor on?

 

[Mad Maxx]

I'm not familiar with Dodge brakes. Are the parking brakes a drum within the rotor like the GM ones? Could the parking brake shoes be worn into a groove and holding the rotor on?

Yep, just like the GM's, so that's def. a possibility.

 

[Burning oil]

Just going by the title, maybe get a real sexy female rotor to dance around it?

 

[Burning oil]

Is this thing on? Rough crowd!

 

[tanman_2006]

Just going by the title, maybe get a real sexy female rotor to dance around it?

Haha I get it, funny funny stuff Leroy.



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[Ed HD]

Sometimes they put threaded holes in the rotors on the faces, designed so you put a bolt in there and crank it and it pops the rotor off. Any chance it has those?

 

[Mad Maxx]

Got it off yesterday, shockingly easy compared to the first round.

Pulled wheel, and sprayed in the Stud Holes with PB, then got the rest of the tools I'd need. That short amount of soak time I guess was enough, because the first hit with the Hammer and the Rotor started coming loose.

 

[btfarm]

Good deal James :thumbsup:

 

[Mad Maxx]

There was def some shit caked in there though, the PB that made it inside the Stud Holes looked like pudding / mud.

 

[Ed HD]

Yikes. Might want to paint the hub face with some anti-sieze to prevent this in the future.

 

[rlb]

Yikes. Might want to paint the hub face with some anti-sieze to prevent this in the future.

This has never even crossed my mind. Genius!

 

[Ed HD]

Something I learned working at a repair shop. Usually done when wheels are hard to get off, but it works for this too. A good wire brushing of the hub face goes a long way too.