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Post by zila1 on Feb 24, 2019 16:28:23 GMT -5
Eric is doing his thing. He is lucky that rotor didn't take him out. I've seen rotors crack in half and blow in guys faces while doing exactly as Eric is doing. I anti-seize everything and I hate drums and rotors with the retaining screws in them. Stupid design.
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Post by dr4g00n on Feb 24, 2019 16:49:55 GMT -5
That's like every single car and truck that comes into the shop up here, though most of the time they only need to come off when doing a set of rotors & pads. And when they're stuck, always, always put a wheel nut on a few threads before you go and do it so it doesn't do what it did in that video.  A puller like that is the wrong tool for the job anyway, a sizable hammer or sledge is much safer. Otherwise a large pry bar works to if you need to save the rotor. |
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Post by zila1 on Feb 24, 2019 19:34:42 GMT -5
When they are rusted on like that they just don't want to come off with a pry bar or hammer or torches. It's as if they are welded in place sometimes. My next door neighbor had one that would not come off even with that tool. They removed the entire knuckle assembly and couldn't get it off. So they had to order up everything for both sides. When that road salt hits em all bets are off. When you bring a new car home, take it all apart and anti-seize everything right away. What a pain it can be to live in the rust belt. Cars just get ruined.
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Post by ShrimpBrime on Feb 24, 2019 20:15:30 GMT -5
Seen a lot of ford aluminum rims hold on tight like that. 8 to 12 pounds of maul usually does the trick from the backside.
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Post by Bones on Feb 24, 2019 22:15:13 GMT -5
I've dealt with that MANY times over - In fact that rotor (To me) came off rather easy. Then again I've also worked on equipment in the field too along with some of the larger road vehicles in my time.
The rotor popping off reminds me of how to remove tires from a big truck with split rims, those being BAD about jumping off and taking someone out.
Break the lugnuts loose, then back them off only a little from being up against the rim itself, stand off to the side of it and wail away with a big hammer on the tire if it's still holding air, the rim if not.
When the tire "Jumps" out at you it's broken loose and can be safely dealt with at that point.
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