Friday I was driving to work when I heard a mettalic bang, then a rattling, and when I wnt to stop I had very little braking power. When I looked to see what had happened, my front driver's side rotor had split straight down the middle of the slots.
When I went to work on it yesterday, (just gonna replace front and rear rotors and pads) after I took off the drivers' side knuckle off, I couldn't seperate the hub from the knuckle. Yes, I searched on here, read the multiple DIY's on this, and read my Hayne's and Chilton's manuals. Nothing worked.
On the passenger side, the spindle nut would not come off. I unstaked it, sprayed it, and it wouldn't budge. I used a breaker with a 3/4 inch driver and an inch thick steel bar, with a six foot pipe on the end of it, with a five foot steel crowbar though the studs to keep the rotor from turning. I went so far as to STAND on the pipe and bounce up and down and it didn't budge. The amount of torque on it bent the breaker a little and flexed the crowbar so much I thought it would snap. I got frustrated and took a reciprocating saw and a hand sledge and chisel to it and cut off over 60% of the nut. Still won't come off. So I took off the knuckle and drive shaft together.
So does anybody have any other suggestions before I take the two sides to a machine shop tomorrow?
When I went to work on it yesterday, (just gonna replace front and rear rotors and pads) after I took off the drivers' side knuckle off, I couldn't seperate the hub from the knuckle. Yes, I searched on here, read the multiple DIY's on this, and read my Hayne's and Chilton's manuals. Nothing worked.
On the passenger side, the spindle nut would not come off. I unstaked it, sprayed it, and it wouldn't budge. I used a breaker with a 3/4 inch driver and an inch thick steel bar, with a six foot pipe on the end of it, with a five foot steel crowbar though the studs to keep the rotor from turning. I went so far as to STAND on the pipe and bounce up and down and it didn't budge. The amount of torque on it bent the breaker a little and flexed the crowbar so much I thought it would snap. I got frustrated and took a reciprocating saw and a hand sledge and chisel to it and cut off over 60% of the nut. Still won't come off. So I took off the knuckle and drive shaft together.
So does anybody have any other suggestions before I take the two sides to a machine shop tomorrow?
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