sorry if this isnt hybrid enough, but i just got the car tuned and the screw from my rotor fell off. i put it back in place,tightened it good, and got the car tuned again and it fell off again. whats causing this to happen? does it need replacement? TIA

 

Make sure the screw is actually tight and snug..
If there is a little bit of play, then try some threadlock..
If there is alot of play try a bigger bolt/screw..
The rotor may spin at speeds of 7500+ rpms , but a high amount of torque isn't needed to hold it into place...

 

nice name ...i wish i wouldve thought of that

 

loctite does wonders.

Of course there are drawbacks, like now i cant get the screw out to change my rotor lol

 

I had the same fuggin problem a while ago. I noticed that everyonce in a while my car would miss a little when accelerating from a stop. I did a complete tune up a while back and noticed the screw for the rotor fell out WTF!!!! I just used a small amount of locktite. I can still take the screw out also!!

 

Ya defenitely "small amount of loctite".
Unless you want to break the rotor to get the screw out, don't use too much.


[Modified by Dutchie, 11:57 AM 8/15/2002]

 

Could be worse, mine fell you going down the road, didn't know WTF went wrong when the car just dies doing 70 mph. 2 hours later after waiting on AAA, I started checking things. When I took off the dizzy the screw fell out.....d'oh

 

That stopped your car? I drove around for 2 weeks with the screw sitting inside the cap. Good thing the magnets are in there to stop it from moving.

 

My screw put a hole in my dist. cap. Somehow it shot out or something and cracked my cap and half of the screw was hanging out-- that's when I knew about mine.

 

Yeah, the cap screw came out and the rotor spun freely on the shaft it sits on. IE timing was fubar'd.

 

Mine came loose...put a hole through the leak cover and busted the cyp sensor (code 9). Had to replace the distributor housing.

-rod