Tip for Rotor replacement!!
10-15-2005, 05:43 PM
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Tip for Rotor replacement!!
Just a little tip for those that will be changing their rotors and are having a great time with those 2 screws......drill them out with a 3/16th bit until the top of the screw pops right off......u dont need those screws anyways. No need to go buy a impact hammer ever again. Hope it helps... 
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Re: Tip for Rotor replacement!! (dorkoftheyear)
I just use a small punch.... make a dimple between two of the philips indentions and then tilt the punch so that you are driving it loose, then once you break it loose just use a screw driver to get it the rest of the way out... works every time 
10-15-2005, 06:21 PM
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Re: Tip for Rotor replacement!! (Hondizzle!)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by deadend9009 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Just a little tip for those that will be changing their rotors and are having a great time with those 2 screws......drill them out with a 3/16th bit until the top of the screw pops right off......u dont need those screws anyways. No need to go buy a impact hammer ever again. Hope it helps... </TD></TR></TABLE>
Thanks for the tip from like 5000 years ago dude.
Thanks for the tip from like 5000 years ago dude.
10-15-2005, 06:38 PM
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Well heres a better tip. Go to sears and apply for a Sears Mastercard, $15 off your first bill. The impact driver is $24. So $9 for a great tool. Just did this helped alot. If your worried about having a credit card just cancel it the same day.
10-15-2005, 06:43 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by turner7205 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Well heres a better tip. Go to sears and apply for a Sears Mastercard, $15 off your first bill. The impact driver is $24. So $9 for a great tool. Just did this helped alot. If your worried about having a credit card just cancel it the same day.</TD></TR></TABLE>
You can do me a BIG favor and come to MY sears and buy it from ME.
You can do me a BIG favor and come to MY sears and buy it from ME.
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10-15-2005, 06:48 PM
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Heh, I already work for them. I get a nice 20% off tools, and get most auto parts at cost. Are you talking about those expletive credit apps?
10-15-2005, 06:55 PM
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Re: Tip for Rotor replacement!! (deadend9009)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by deadend9009 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Just a little tip for those that will be changing their rotors and are having a great time with those 2 screws......drill them out with a 3/16th bit until the top of the screw pops right off......u dont need those screws anyways. No need to go buy a impact hammer ever again. Hope it helps... </TD></TR></TABLE>
That's what I had to do, I broke my impact driver in the process.
</TD></TR></TABLE>That's what I had to do, I broke my impact driver in the process.
10-15-2005, 06:58 PM
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Re: Tip for Rotor replacement!! (old man neri)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by old man neri »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
That's what I had to do, I broke my impact driver in the process.</TD></TR></TABLE> How the expletive do you break the impact driver? Those things are like rocks.
That's what I had to do, I broke my impact driver in the process.</TD></TR></TABLE> How the expletive do you break the impact driver? Those things are like rocks.
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Re: Tip for Rotor replacement!! (turner7205)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by turner7205 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> How the expletive do you break the impact driver? Those things are like rocks.</TD></TR></TABLE>
Well actually it was jsut the bit that shattered, and it wasn't really mine it was my dad's thus it was old. But those screws were rusted to ****. Hurray for road salt.
Well actually it was jsut the bit that shattered, and it wasn't really mine it was my dad's thus it was old. But those screws were rusted to ****. Hurray for road salt.
10-15-2005, 07:53 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by turner7205 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Well heres a better tip. Go to sears and apply for a Sears Mastercard, $15 off your first bill. The impact driver is $24. So $9 for a great tool. Just did this helped alot. If your worried about having a credit card just cancel it the same day.</TD></TR></TABLE>
haha, i work for sears and i got my credit RUINED with that ****** card cause they said i never made a payment on it of which i only spent 20 bux for an oil change and paid it off two weeks later b4 i even got the bill with about 5 bux more than it was for to make sure it was paid off. they wouldnt accept my cashed AND returned check as evidence i paid it.
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by dorkoftheyear »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Or go buy the impact driver and do it right!!! thats just lazy if you ask me.</TD></TR></TABLE>
may be lazy but if the manual impact driver doesnt work and neither does two others in a shop because theyre so corroded and stuck, what do you do then? drill em out and/or use an air chisel. trust me, it happens
haha, i work for sears and i got my credit RUINED with that ****** card cause they said i never made a payment on it of which i only spent 20 bux for an oil change and paid it off two weeks later b4 i even got the bill with about 5 bux more than it was for to make sure it was paid off. they wouldnt accept my cashed AND returned check as evidence i paid it.
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by dorkoftheyear »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Or go buy the impact driver and do it right!!! thats just lazy if you ask me.</TD></TR></TABLE>
may be lazy but if the manual impact driver doesnt work and neither does two others in a shop because theyre so corroded and stuck, what do you do then? drill em out and/or use an air chisel. trust me, it happens
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by isumase »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
haha, i work for sears and i got my credit RUINED with that ****** card cause they said i never made a payment on it of which i only spent 20 bux for an oil change and paid it off two weeks later b4 i even got the bill with about 5 bux more than it was for to make sure it was paid off. they wouldnt accept my cashed AND returned check as evidence i paid it.
Thats why there are reciepts. None of my customers leave without one.
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haha, i work for sears and i got my credit RUINED with that ****** card cause they said i never made a payment on it of which i only spent 20 bux for an oil change and paid it off two weeks later b4 i even got the bill with about 5 bux more than it was for to make sure it was paid off. they wouldnt accept my cashed AND returned check as evidence i paid it.
Thats why there are reciepts. None of my customers leave without one.
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i had that too, i work in the dept i paid and my manager cashed me out, i had bank statement showing i paid it, i had the actual check in hand that had been cashed by sears and i had sears record showing that the only transaction that was lost in the wonderful world of cyberspace was mine. even with receipt and cashed check and bank statement, took 8 months to take care of which meant an 8 month late fee(which they happily took care of) and a credit agency on my *** till sears called them but i still have a bad credit report now cause of it.
10-15-2005, 08:50 PM
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Re: Tip for Rotor replacement!! (AMECustom)
at least people from canada understand what i had to do to get those damn screws out. BTW, i got an impact wrench. All i can say is 40 bucks down the toilet.....
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screw impact wrenches. Go to Checker or autozone or Kragen or wherever.. and buy a solvent called PB Blaster. It should be like $5. Better than WD40. It's what I used on my rear disc.. well that and a screwdriver and like 10min of soaking.
Either way.. I reused the screws afterwards. Honda put them on there for a reason, might as well put them back.
Either way.. I reused the screws afterwards. Honda put them on there for a reason, might as well put them back.
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Re: Tip for Rotor replacement!! (dorkoftheyear)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by dorkoftheyear »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Or go buy the impact driver and do it right!!!</TD></TR></TABLE>
LOL, exactly!
LOL, exactly!
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Re: Tip for Rotor replacement!! (EL Vap133)
I spent $40 canadian on the better of the two impact drivers from Ultra-Pro. The thing is a ******* tank and hasn't failed me yet. I've never had rusted rotor screws though, but PB blaster and impact driver and quadramagic combo deals 17,998 hp so I imagine it would work.
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by johnecon2001 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">screw impact wrenches. Go to Checker or autozone or Kragen or wherever.. and buy a solvent called PB Blaster. It should be like $5. Better than WD40. It's what I used on my rear disc.. well that and a screwdriver and like 10min of soaking.
Either way.. I reused the screws afterwards. Honda put them on there for a reason, might as well put them back.</TD></TR></TABLE>
good tip on the solvent stuff.
The reason honda put them on there was so the disks don't fall off on the assembly line.
But whatever, to each his/her own, if you find it easier to drill them do that, if you find it easier to use an impact driver then do that, and if you find it easier to use a rust solvent then to that. DO whatever you feel is best.
Either way.. I reused the screws afterwards. Honda put them on there for a reason, might as well put them back.</TD></TR></TABLE>
good tip on the solvent stuff.
The reason honda put them on there was so the disks don't fall off on the assembly line.
But whatever, to each his/her own, if you find it easier to drill them do that, if you find it easier to use an impact driver then do that, and if you find it easier to use a rust solvent then to that. DO whatever you feel is best.
10-15-2005, 11:03 PM
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Re: Tip for Rotor replacement!! (turner7205)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by turner7205 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> How the expletive do you break the impact driver? Those things are like rocks.</TD></TR></TABLE>
i broke my phillips bit when using it, maybe he was referring to that?
i broke my phillips bit when using it, maybe he was referring to that?
10-16-2005, 02:05 AM
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Re: Tip for Rotor replacement!! (IVI)
I had problems with one of my phillips screws so the one I got out, I just threaded a bolt long enough to reach the backside of the rotor, when it reached it made the rotor press outwards breaking free all the rust in a matter of seconds.
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another fun idea is to weld someting to the screw... I've done that before.
You just need skill with a welder and a rod of some sort to be attached. And no, the screw is not reusable.
You just need skill with a welder and a rod of some sort to be attached. And no, the screw is not reusable.
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by johnecon2001 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">another fun idea is to weld someting to the screw... I've done that before.
You just need skill with a welder and a rod of some sort to be attached. And no, the screw is not reusable.</TD></TR></TABLE> There are so many things Ive wanted to do this to. Ive wonderd if anyone ever had.
Since I bought the impact driver, I reused those screws. Made assembly a little easier not having to make sure the rotor was always seated. I know I can always get them out now.
You just need skill with a welder and a rod of some sort to be attached. And no, the screw is not reusable.</TD></TR></TABLE> There are so many things Ive wanted to do this to. Ive wonderd if anyone ever had.
Since I bought the impact driver, I reused those screws. Made assembly a little easier not having to make sure the rotor was always seated. I know I can always get them out now.
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