felixwankel88

well i waz trying to do my 5 lug conversion to the back and i cant get this thing out

Parastie

Heat it with a torch then hammer on it with an impact wrench.

Bob_The_Normal

Heh... yeah.

Here's another pic... ;P

--Gary

Kenteth

I had to cut a slot out of the rotor to get an impact socket and impact gun under there. Coincidentaly, I had to take the entire hub to the machine shop to get dismantled because it was so bad.

scheistermeister

i broke 3 sockets and an extention getting those bolts out when i did mine. i used an ungodly amount of pbblaster and a 4 foot breaker bar...

Eroxx

From the picture It looks like the rear steer bushings depending on the milege
and the power/peformance u are looking to make. I would replace them
with rear steer cancel style.

felixwankel88

u plan to get the Rb DDSt things to remove tghat steering setup.. .if u can ever get them outt... keep the ideas coming thanx in advance for any help

felixwankel88

any one else have any ideas??? or stories on how yours came out

vincentwashere

where did u buy the hubs for 5 lug and whats rear steer cancel?? sorry im a newbie

banzaitoyota

all the ones I have done came right out

oakback

Impact wrench got mine out, but I didn't have room to take the bolt all the way out, just enough to get the hub off.

felixwankel88

vincet im me at felixwankel88... i guess im gonna prob cut my rotor to get it off... but i will try heating it up first... unless any one has more ideas ;]

Kenteth

caliper must be stuck? Otherwise you're supposed to remove the caliper and rotor :P

Mine were stuck too and I ended up having to cut a slot in the rotor to get the big huge impact gun to fit on correctly. Goodluck.

scheistermeister

you dont have to cut the rotor. if you get a long breaker var and a good ratchet and socket on it itll come out, plus you dont remove it completely. the dust shield is in the way. just get it completely loose.

amishboy

Ya those are a pain I did that once what happens is the bolt would come out easy but there is an outside metal sleeve which goes up in the hub then rubber with a metal sleeve in the middle the bolt goes through ,that thing gets rusted and sticks to the bolt so when your turning it out you tear the crap out of the bushing if you use heat it could catch all that rubber on fire .I just used a good wrench and the right size metric 17 I think and turned it out bushing and all . When your done the middle part of the bushing will be stuck on the bolt .

amishboy

You need to take off the brake rotor first .

pitchblack7

i couldn't get that thing off, tried for a week, heating it (just with propane) and liquid wrenching it like crazy. Just ended up taking it to a shop to get it loose. I don't know how but they heated it without melting the rubber, then took it out with the impact wrench.

amishboy

Well I guess it wouldn't hurt to burn it but I wouldn't it's a cast alloy, it's hard but it will come out . It looked rounded a little you might have to get a six point soccet and knock it on there with a hammer ,shallow wall by the way the farther you get away from it i.e. using extensions or deep wall sockets you make it harder to turn .

amishboy

But you are going to have to take off the caliber ,brake rotor,and dust cover in that order first so you can get in there .

felixwankel88

yeah the rotor wont come off, and i refuse to bring it to a shop so i guess i will have to get that bitch out... if u melt the bushing away it sohuld come out rite???

amishboy

Well i guess it would come out easier.

amishboy

You need to get the rotor off it is rusted in place to probably . You did take the scews out of the rotor facing right ? One of those is treaded you are supposed to take out the phillips head screws and screw them back in the hole beside it to push it off.

Bigretardhead

you don't NEED to take the rotor off. just get a 1/2 inch drive short impact socket, with a 2 inch extension. the extension will just barely clear the rotor, so you can fit the gun, or breaker bar on it or whatever. and then, if you have a good impact gun, turn up the pressure on the air line a bit(I like 140psi , but do so at your own risk ), and go at it. note: the bolt probably won't come completely out with the rotor still on there, but it will become loose enough to remove the hub.


if you don't have a impact gun, get a breaker bar, and a big pipe to stick on the end. and hope the car doesn't fall off the jack stands. lol. also, spray the bolts with a crap load of some sort of lubricant, like WD40, or liquid wrench, or something, andlet it sit for a little while.

amishboy

Ya and you don't NEED to open the door to get in the car either but most people think it is easier than going through the sunroof or the back hatch .

amishboy

That alloy housing the hub is pressed into and the part you are trying to get the bolt out of is the same on four lug and five lug you don't need to trash them .