Front brake discs?

nocashrider · 06-08-2009, 11:02 PM

Ok so i just finished cleaning up the rear brakes and puttin on fresh pads when i decided to check the front as well. they looked alright but i was wondering how do you take the front discs off? Are they like the rears and just slide right off, which would me mine are rusted in place or what? Any suggestions would be helpful.

328FTW · 06-09-2009, 12:57 AM

Just unbolt then lift off the whole caliper and put it to one side. You don't have to even undo the hose but make sure you support the caliper so it doesn't hang by it if you don't undo it. Then just pop the disk off the studs. Sometimes they are stuck solid and if they are just wind a correctly sized bolt into the threaded holes and evenly tighten them so it winds it off and then it will drop on the floor.

nocashrider · 06-09-2009, 05:14 AM

hmm im not really understanding how tighting nuts down on the wheel studs will make the discs come off or loosen the so they come off but either way it sounds as tho they are just rusted on and i could use a rubber mallet to break them loose?

Redstar · 06-09-2009, 10:39 AM

He's talking about two smallish pre-threaded holes on the hub face of the disc. They are located slightly inboard of the wheel studs.

Thread a couple bolts into the holes and you can use them to slowly push the rotor off the hub instead of using a hammer. I found that little trick after I had already attacked one rotor with a hammer...

nocashrider · 06-10-2009, 10:37 AM

hmm i dont remember seeing those but i look when i go back home (at work right now) but i already got them off by talking to them with a big rubber mallet and that seemed to change their mind. thx tho

kbrew8991 · 06-12-2009, 04:43 PM

+1 to the hammer method if you're just going to toss them in the trash

jholder · 06-13-2009, 04:03 AM

If you're going to use a hammer, you need to place a block of wood between the rotor and hammer face. Otherwise you're going to leave lovely little dents since you'll have to whack that sucker 73 times.

The bolt method is the best way to do it, but depending on the age of the rotor, the threads in there may be pretty weak.

Also, if using the BFH, hit the protected rotor, then turn it a bit , so you're applying semi-equal pressure on the rotor, it would suck the get the rotor wedged on their even more. (kind of like the star pattern when tightening lug nuts down.

jholder · 06-13-2009, 04:04 AM

If you're going to use a hammer, you need to place a block of wood between the rotor and hammer face. Otherwise you're going to leave lovely little dents since you'll have to whack that sucker 73 times.

The bolt method is the best way to do it, but depending on the age of the rotor, the threads in there may be pretty weak.

Also, if using the BFH, hit the protected rotor, then turn it a bit , so you're applying semi-equal pressure on the rotor, it would suck the get the rotor wedged on their even more. (kind of like the star pattern when tightening lug nuts down.

nocashrider · 06-14-2009, 05:50 AM

yea i got it off with the mallet but why would i need to cover the mallet isnt that the whole purpose of having a rubber mallet so it doesnt damage stuff?

jholder · 06-14-2009, 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by nocashrider

yea i got it off with the mallet but why would i need to cover the mallet isnt that the whole purpose of having a rubber mallet so it doesnt damage stuff?

Didnt see that it was a rubber mallet, thought you were talking about a BFH. Rubber mallet should be fine

06-08-2009, 11:02 PM	#1 (permalink)
nocashrider Om Nom Nom Nom Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Puyallup Posts: 1,056 Thanks: 8 Thanked 29 Times in 28 Posts My Google Map iTrader Rating: (6/100% )	Front brake discs? Ok so i just finished cleaning up the rear brakes and puttin on fresh pads when i decided to check the front as well. they looked alright but i was wondering how do you take the front discs off? Are they like the rears and just slide right off, which would me mine are rusted in place or what? Any suggestions would be helpful.

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06-09-2009, 12:57 AM	#2 (permalink)
328FTW Crazy Nasty Honey Badger Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: New Zealand Posts: 5,235 Thanks: 24 Thanked 266 Times in 239 Posts My Google Map iTrader Rating: (1/100% )	Just unbolt then lift off the whole caliper and put it to one side. You don't have to even undo the hose but make sure you support the caliper so it doesn't hang by it if you don't undo it. Then just pop the disk off the studs. Sometimes they are stuck solid and if they are just wind a correctly sized bolt into the threaded holes and evenly tighten them so it winds it off and then it will drop on the floor.

06-09-2009, 05:14 AM	#3 (permalink)
nocashrider Om Nom Nom Nom Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Puyallup Posts: 1,056 Thanks: 8 Thanked 29 Times in 28 Posts My Google Map iTrader Rating: (6/100% )	hmm im not really understanding how tighting nuts down on the wheel studs will make the discs come off or loosen the so they come off but either way it sounds as tho they are just rusted on and i could use a rubber mallet to break them loose?

06-09-2009, 10:39 AM	#4 (permalink)
Redstar My other cars are jealous Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Bellingham, WA Posts: 439 Thanks: 21 Thanked 40 Times in 29 Posts iTrader Rating: (12/100% )	He's talking about two smallish pre-threaded holes on the hub face of the disc. They are located slightly inboard of the wheel studs. Thread a couple bolts into the holes and you can use them to slowly push the rotor off the hub instead of using a hammer. I found that little trick after I had already attacked one rotor with a hammer...

06-10-2009, 10:37 AM	#5 (permalink)
nocashrider Om Nom Nom Nom Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Puyallup Posts: 1,056 Thanks: 8 Thanked 29 Times in 28 Posts My Google Map iTrader Rating: (6/100% )	hmm i dont remember seeing those but i look when i go back home (at work right now) but i already got them off by talking to them with a big rubber mallet and that seemed to change their mind. thx tho

06-12-2009, 04:43 PM	#6 (permalink)
kbrew8991 gimme some turns Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 1,685 Thanks: 76 Thanked 82 Times in 70 Posts My Google Map iTrader Rating: (5/100% )	+1 to the hammer method if you're just going to toss them in the trash

06-13-2009, 04:03 AM	#7 (permalink)
jholder I put the ho in 'hosale Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Huntsville, AL Posts: 468 Thanks: 8 Thanked 16 Times in 12 Posts iTrader Rating: (4/100% )	If you're going to use a hammer, you need to place a block of wood between the rotor and hammer face. Otherwise you're going to leave lovely little dents since you'll have to whack that sucker 73 times. The bolt method is the best way to do it, but depending on the age of the rotor, the threads in there may be pretty weak. Also, if using the BFH, hit the protected rotor, then turn it a bit , so you're applying semi-equal pressure on the rotor, it would suck the get the rotor wedged on their even more. (kind of like the star pattern when tightening lug nuts down.

06-13-2009, 04:04 AM	#8 (permalink)
jholder I put the ho in 'hosale Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Huntsville, AL Posts: 468 Thanks: 8 Thanked 16 Times in 12 Posts iTrader Rating: (4/100% )	If you're going to use a hammer, you need to place a block of wood between the rotor and hammer face. Otherwise you're going to leave lovely little dents since you'll have to whack that sucker 73 times. The bolt method is the best way to do it, but depending on the age of the rotor, the threads in there may be pretty weak. Also, if using the BFH, hit the protected rotor, then turn it a bit , so you're applying semi-equal pressure on the rotor, it would suck the get the rotor wedged on their even more. (kind of like the star pattern when tightening lug nuts down.

06-14-2009, 05:50 AM	#9 (permalink)
nocashrider Om Nom Nom Nom Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Puyallup Posts: 1,056 Thanks: 8 Thanked 29 Times in 28 Posts My Google Map iTrader Rating: (6/100% )	yea i got it off with the mallet but why would i need to cover the mallet isnt that the whole purpose of having a rubber mallet so it doesnt damage stuff?