need help with roters!

[EaSe_303]

so my brakes started going bad so i went and bought new front roters and pads and then i ran into so problems i cant seem to get my roters off i mean i took the 36mm axle bolt off but it just wont budge. Please help!

[RiceKillinSi]

You need a quality breaker bar. Then get a 4-5 foot pipe that will fit over the breaker bar. This should give you enough leverage to break the nut.

The last time i replaced my driveshafts i had to jump on a 5 foot breaker bar to break mine loose.

[jas_r34]

^^^ he already took the nut off

you need to buy/rent a slide hammer kit to take your rotors off.

[cm7k24]

i used an impact driver to get the rotor screws of

[plee3]

Ok, now that you have the 36mm nut off, your best bet is to remove the entire knuckle assembly. That consist of seperating the knuckle from the upper and lower ball joints and outer tie rod. Once you have those items out of your way, the knucke will be completly seperated from the car. Look on the back of the knuckle, there are 4 12 point bolts that keeps the hub bearing in place. Remove those 4 bolts and you are good. Oh yeah, on the front of the rotor are 4 14mm bolts. they have to come out too. Be careful not to strip them because they are very soft bolts and they can be stripped easily. There are plenty of threads about this topic. Search around and you will have even more details about this topic.

[FS92]

Did you remove the 4 bolts holding the Wheel bearing/hub assembly to the knuckle?

[Leung]

i'm having a the same problem. i've got the whole knuckle off, the four 12 point bolts on the back off, i'm using a five pound slide hammer and i can't get that SOB off.

[James Matteu]

i'm having a the same problem. i've got the whole knuckle off, the four 12 point bolts on the back off, i'm using a five pound slide hammer and i can't get that SOB off.

Keep slamming it. How hard it is to remove depends on the amount of rust you have.

[vh22accord]

Ok this is not as hard of a job as some would make it to be. I would not use a slide hammer to pull the hub - bearing out of the steering knuckle you run the risk of separating the bearing from the hub. they are pressed together and not something you can fix with simple hand tools. Here is what you do. take the 4 bolts on the back of the knuckle out, take one of them to your local hardware store and get 4 matching ones that are about 2 or 3 inches longer. Thread the longer bolts in the knuckle. in a star pattern liberally hit them with a deadblow hammer or equivalent until the hub - bearing and rotor come out. you can do all this with the knuckle on the car.this works every time.

[djkurious]

Ok this is not as hard of a job as some would make it to be. I would not use a slide hammer to pull the hub - bearing out of the steering knuckle you run the risk of separating the bearing from the hub. they are pressed together and not something you can fix with simple hand tools. Here is what you do. take the 4 bolts on the back of the knuckle out, take one of them to your local hardware store and get 4 matching ones that are about 2 or 3 inches longer. Thread the longer bolts in the knuckle. in a star pattern liberally hit them with a deadblow hammer or equivalent until the hub - bearing and rotor come out. this works every time.

This sounds like a good idea. Never thought of doing that before!

[EaSe_303]

Ok this is not as hard of a job as some would make it to be. I would not use a slide hammer to pull the hub - bearing out of the steering knuckle you run the risk of separating the bearing from the hub. they are pressed together and not something you can fix with simple hand tools. Here is what you do. take the 4 bolts on the back of the knuckle out, take one of them to your local hardware store and get 4 matching ones that are about 2 or 3 inches longer. Thread the longer bolts in the knuckle. in a star pattern liberally hit them with a deadblow hammer or equivalent until the hub - bearing and rotor come out. you can do all this with the knuckle on the car.this works every time.

thanks im gonna try this. i appriciate all the help guys!

[Leung]

it's ok if i break my old bearings because i'm going ROH. I just want to free the old ones so i can bolt on the new wheel bearings and hub.

[accordztech]

http://hondalover11279.tripod.com/rotorremoval.html

easiest way for me was to get an offset 10mm wrench and unscrew the back bolts from thehub. they USUALLY come out but if not the link above shows a great way of taking them out. I personally used a 3 pound hammer on the bolts and it came out.

use pb blaster and soak if its really stubborn

[deevergote]

There are at least 2 detailed DIYs for rotor removal in the DIY section of this site.

www.TASauto.com offers a complete rotor-over-hub conversion, so you'll never have this difficult job to do again. The rotors will come off easily with that conversion.

[nostringz]

don't forget to regrease! you can't have too much in this case

uhh are you from the 303?