Just removing my front discs, but i can't get them off.

The weird thing is, the discs on now do not have retaining screws..there's a pic at the bottom.

Now is there nothing keeping it on or is the axle nut keeping it on. I don't have long enough 8 mm bolts (if there are long ones that i can unbolt from the car to use please tell me where!!) to screw into the holes and i've hammered like crazy and tried using a c-clamp to no avail..

If there is nothing holding it on then i will just keep hammering..

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!

 

a long bolt is the easiest way. maybe battery hold down bolt??? or run to parts house and grab one

if not grab some penetrating oil, spray around the hub and wheel studs then hold a torch on it for a while. they hit away with a rubber mallet. time consuming but works sometimes.

if it were me i'd still run the the hardware store and grab a long bolt...

 

hit it in a cross motion on the rotor face if you're changing them out.

 

ya i would run to the store, but its fricken far from where i am. actually does wal mart sell bolts? they must.. maybe i'll run there

and ya, i'm changing them out

 

you should be able to just hit them with a rubber mallet and they should pop off thats how i got mine off if that doesnt work try a bigger hammer lol

 

big hammer or run to your kragens, or orileys or napa most places rent tools get a puller and 2 bolts

 

are you changing the discs?

if you are just take a BFH and hit the back of them till they come off

 

wow..i've been hammering like crazy with a rubber mallet and it doesnt even budge..pb blaster isnt helping at all..i tried prying em off with a crowbar..nothing..broke a battery hold down bolt in 2 places (dumb of me to use that, i know)..i'm gonna see if i can borrow a car and drive to a parts store before they close and buy some bolts..but i feel like that won't help

i am so pissed off right now..

ya i'm changing the discs

i'll look into the puller idea too

 

i have a 4lb hammer that works pretty well for beating off rusted discs

you should invest in one

 

Cold climates suck, man. Good luck getting this off. It looks like you need a torch. Usually, I just kick the **** out of the rotor and it comes off.

 

 

get a 4lb hammer or "tap" it with a sledgehammer

 

wow i am truly an idiot!! used an actual hammer and it came off (not easily however).

the rotor was just completely mangled though haha. FINALLY!!

thanks a million for the helpful suggestions guys!!

 

ps the holes in that rotor were for the retaining screws..so that's why the medium sized bolts i tried didnt work (they just threaded right into the hub)

 

lol no problem