I had a problem getting the front rotors off a car that had been sitting for a few years. The aluminum hub had corroded and seized inside the rotor. Try spraying contact cleaner inside the rotor around the hub. The contact cleaner is a trick that is often used on Land Rovers when the alloy wheels sieze to the hubs. Will probably require a lot of striking with a large hammer!

 

ok, contact cleaner? brand? where can I get some?

also, won't heating it cook my bearing?
will hitting it hard damage my wheel bearing?

TIA
stockrex
kc,mo

 

actually the one rear brake pad bracket had a rounded bolt... we had to take the entire hub to a machine shop, which dismantled it. As for the rest of the rotors, they've all been stuck, but a few swift whacks from the back of the rotor (took that damn dust shield off) and it popped right off...

 

They had a problem getting the screws out on my brake rotors, so they used an air-powered vibrator tool that blasted them loose. Pretty cool. Might want to give that a try for getting the rotor unstuck.

 

looks good my back drivers side brake pad is hanging up a little and smelling hot on my 87 n/a wish i could have nice new setup i just did a rear wheel bearing what a b-tch getting the hub off since its been on since 87 probably.

 

contact cleaner??
brand? where can I buy some?

TIA

 

baha, i went outside today, and the rotors are completely flashrusted from the 18" of snow. heh.. I knew i should have painted them!

 

did you end up ripping apart the rear-steer bushings?

 

You spent all that money on new calipers, lines and rotors and you REUSED THE OLD BRAKE PADS??? WTF?

 

pads were new as of about three weeks before the tranny went and i started the whole project...

 

anyone for flashrust? ahh what a little snow will do to your rotors.. haha