hondahater

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I just got my brembo slotted rotors in today and was changing out the first one (passenger side front) when I got everything off except the last screw that holds on the rotor, that thing is kicking my ***!!! I've tried everything. Maybe I'm just a wuse but I workout i'm a pretty strong guy damn!!! Any pointers before I strip this thing. Thanks.

AcidShock

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Heh, I had this problem when I was replacing my calipers. I noticed my rotors were in need of resurfacing. Got the driver's side off fine, but when I got to the passenger side, low and behold... there was only one screw there. The other screw had become slightly deformed from the rotor being off-balance or whatever.

Making a long and hideous story short, I eventually had to drill the bastard out. I tried everything from WD-40 to heat and whacking it with a sledge. When you are trying to get it off... make you sure have the right phillips head on the screwdriver. Some of them look different than the others. It is cold outside or I would go out and tell you the specific differences. I know that one kind will readily strip the screws on the rotor and the other is more safe to use.

Good luck, but you might have to just bite the bullet and drill it out if it will not budge.

BLACK ROCKET

That's due to (obviously) heat. expand the rotor (just where screw is, but, avoid heat directly on the screw) with a torch and see if that'll expand enough to loosen the screw.

CrackHeadMel

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I just had the same problem, only with putting the scews in while completing the 5lug, I sat there with a dremel sanding disk and ground off the flared piece of the screw

good smack with a hammer + heat + wd40 makes a good combotoo

hondahater

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lol, nice to see I'm not a total whimp. I'm woundering if an electric drill will work or not. I tried my battery operated one and the damn thing just sat there stuck and it was on the highest torque setting. Anyways I don't even want to think about drilling it out man thats alot of work. um.... I guess I'll try some differant things tonight and tell yall what worked but I bet I'll have to drill it out (never done that before). Oh yeah one more thing is mazda the only place I can get the screw for that thing? THanks.

DAN CARWIN

you know what works is you get one of those hammer impacted screw drivers, where you put the screw driver in the slot then it the other end of the scredriver with the hammer and the impact turns the screw out. it works like a charm. I think they are cheap too.

Aaron Cake

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Drill the head off the screw, then use vice grips to remove the screw shank.

You obviously need a decent drill to do this. Using a small battery drill won't work, but the larger (at least 12V) drills will do fine. They are just soft steel screws.

hondahater

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ahh ok um tried the hole put the screwdriver in and hit the end of it and that didn't work even tried cursing the crap out of it and then giving it the old heave ho but that still didn't work I guess my next step is to ... ... ... drill the head

Donn Hecht

Go to Auto Zone, or Discount Auto Parts, and get this stuff thats heavy duty **** W something, or better said it starts with a number if I remember correctly. Just ask the guy that works there he knows what it is. Just tell him. "Im looking for the a chemical spray that helps remove siezed nuts, and bolts. That **** is awesome to bad I dont know the name of it though, guaranteed to work it was designed buy a chemist. Imagine I was removing the Spark Plugs on my T-II, and one of them was so worn out, it just busted from the porcelain when I was removing it with the proper tool to remove S. Plugs imagine I had to disconnect the AC hose cause it was in the way of getting the spark plug out. I never had this problem before, NEVER. So my advice to everyone change your plugs when your supposed to. So I hauled *** to discount, and got the anti seize stuff im telling you about. I went with a friend of mine cause he knows the product, and we bought it, we got back to the house sprayed it on waited a few minutes, and BAM out came the spark plug form the housin, man that plug was wasted it looked nasty. Anyways buy this stuff, and try it. It will work for you.

DaleClark

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Dude, all you need is an impact screwdriver. I got one at Harbor Freight for $3.49 (on sale from $6 ). That's the RIGHT way to remove the screw.

Put right size bit in the impact screwdriver, put it on the screw, hit with hammer until screw breaks loose, then unscrew. SUPER simple.

The only time you would ever need to drill is if the screw head was damaged from using the wrong tool for the job.

Just did a brake job on my daily driver this weekend - was not a problem at all.

Dale

hondahater

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lol, yeah i like that unless you used the wrong tool I used a screw driver and a pair of channel locks, lol

Mykl

countersink + easy-out

theloudroom

Exactly, just buy one.

$10 at autozone, with warranty.

Put the right bit in, make sure it set for the right direction, hit it with a nice big hammer.

I actually snapped a regular #3 philips screwdriver taking a rotor off my ex-gf's civic. I went out, and bought the right tool, and the rest of the job was easy.

These impact screwdrivers are the perfect tool for the job, and they're not that expensive. Even if you don't need it now, you'll have it for next time.