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Old 10-01-02, 11:11 AM
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Some front end assembly q's, working on it now and got stuck

Ok, 2 things

1. I am pulling the rotor's and hubs from the front of my car, but i cant seperate the hubs from the rotors, how does one accomplishe this, there already off the car but they wont seperate

2. Is there a difference in the spindles betweenthe 4lug cars and 5lug cars

thank in advanced

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Old 10-01-02, 11:30 AM
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I had screws holding my rotors on
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yeah i got them out, but theyt are still stuck

any idea's about the spindle differences?

thanks man

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Old 10-01-02, 11:41 AM
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I have no idea, I haven't touched a 4 lug car before. hit the rotors with a hammer (?) I had to pull mine off pretty hard.
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i had to hit em, i stuck the lug nuts on the studs , put em half ona block of wood and hammared away,they took about 5min each,

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Yeah, pretty much you're going to have to bang them apart. I used a rubber mallet. I'd lay the assembly down on the ground, with the lugs holding it up, and pound on the rotor until it slips free.

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If you have factory-style rotors, they have a threaded hole in the rotor that you can just put a bolt in. As you tighten the bolt down, the bolt presses against the hub and pops the rotor free. Mazda was way ahead of you on that one .

Many non-OEM rotors don't have the extra threaded hole, though.

When installing new rotors, it's a good idea to put some anti-sieze on the hub so that doesn't happen again.

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oh sweet, i didnt know that, thanks guys, got both of em apart without breaking anything

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