hahaha...anyways, last night I finished doin a SI to VTEC front brake swap on my 4th gen prelude. Obviously the dust shield is smaller so I try to take them off with no luck. the freakin screws are rusted on. Anyways, so I wanted to finish so I just bent them back. well I guess I didn't bend them back far enough so they were scraping the rotor a lil bit. Anyways, any suggestions on how to take off the dust shields? I don't wanna rip them off cause I might need them later. TIA. Yeah, braking feels a lil bit better only cause my driverside caliper was messed up. hahaha...haven't really tested them out yet.

 

Did you try spraying some WD-40 on the screws and use a pair of needle-nose vise grips?

 

I did the same swap and I just bent them back a little. They've been like that for over 30k mi and no problems. If you can't get them off its no big deal.
-Mike-

 

small locking pliers

 

oh yeah! durs! now that I think about it, I do have to take off the front hubs. FREAKIN A! thanks for the input guys. I tried everything I could think of. I guess I'm just gonna have to bend them back dang it.

needle-nose vise grips and small locking pliers? what do these look like? I've probably used them but just never knew the names to the tools. hahahhaha

 

OH OK. I know what you're talking about now. yeah, it's pretty tight in there. actually, the place where the screw was, you had to angle a screwdriver to get at it.