Ah, the rusted-on rotor saga...

[traumadog]

Don't you hate it when this happens? 2 days, PB Blaster, BFH and a torch later, I'm still dealing with this.

The rotor is so rusted on, it cracked/split before coming off:



Anyhow, I swapped out the hub to get the car back on its wheels, but now I have an ABS Inop idiot light.

I'm hoping to get the original hub free of the rotor and swap back.

Any other ideas?

[Blizzard242]

Re: Ah, the rusted-on rotor saga...

Pull up your skirt and hit it again... If that doesn't work, hit it with your other purse.

[jimmysprinkle]

Re: Ah, the rusted-on rotor saga...

If you're not going to reuse the roter, use the folling instructions.

1) Imagine the rotor is a clock face.
2) Hit 12'oclock with a 10lb sledge
3) Hit 6'oclock with a 10lb sledge
4) Repeat steps 2-3 until rotor is loose

:rolleyes: Not rocket science

[flamingchicken]

Re: Ah, the rusted-on rotor saga...

[lookout4theyeti]

Re: Ah, the rusted-on rotor saga...

haha yea man your not using that rotor again so just beat the piss out of it

[notsonic]

Re: Ah, the rusted-on rotor saga...

to prevent this in the future you can apply some grease to the back of the rotor and base of the lugs.

as far as the abs, is the sensor hooked up correctly?

[Blizzard242]

Re: Ah, the rusted-on rotor saga...

to prevent this in the future you can apply some grease to the back of the rotor and base of the lugs.

as far as the abs, is the sensor hooked up correctly?

Not grease, never seize. Silver lookin stuff. Works great.

[traumadog]

Re: Ah, the rusted-on rotor saga...

Yea - normally do that. Just got this car, and it was like that.

[Blizzard242]

Re: Ah, the rusted-on rotor saga...

Doesn't look like anyone ever changed those before you got em.

I was just kiddin about the skirt thing.. for those to crack and break up like that they must have been near welded on.

I've heard someone say something about bi-metal corrosion that creates situations like that but I don't know if there are 2 different metals even there. I typically see it when aluminum side paneling is mounted to steel with nothing in between.

Was that thing sitting in water??

[traumadog]

Re: Ah, the rusted-on rotor saga...

Not that I know of - but now the hub's toast. I'll be getting a new set of hubs for this thing now to pass inspection.

[1997RSblack]

Re: Ah, the rusted-on rotor saga...

for future reference....a sledge hammer will work wonders.... not a 3lb mini hammer.. use atleast a 20lber min.....if you cant get a good swing on it... use a solid 4x4 piece of wood as a spacer... having a (brave) person hold it(have them wear leather gloves).... and wack the hell out of it...

[Leonard 3.8L]

Re: Ah, the rusted-on rotor saga...

omg, i been having rotor-problems myself. that sucks dude. like said earlier, if all else fails get you some new ones like im probably going to do.

[cam98aro]

Re: Ah, the rusted-on rotor saga...

never use a normal hammer when changing rotors, use a rubber mallet

[traumadog]

Re: Ah, the rusted-on rotor saga...

Eh - I did the two new hub thing instead. The old hubs were toast after pulling the rotors anyway.

[96redbirdgt]

Re: Ah, the rusted-on rotor saga...

Zep 45 is the best. Ive used it to loosen up frozen brkae drums on semis, and it worked on my '73 ford amverick that had been sitting since '91 in a barn. Sprayed it on, let it sit about 10 minutes, came back and just cracked loose like butter.