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Re: Replacing front rotors
Posted by oldsaab (more from oldsaab) on Thu, 2 Apr 2009 14:53:12
In Reply to: Re: Replacing front rotors, Van, Thu, 2 Apr 2009 14:34:02
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I believe that there is a strap of thin metal that has the corners bent over to keep the bolts from turning (unless that is only on the earlier version - been doing alot of back and forth lately) and if it does have that you need a hammer and a screwdriver to bend them back over, then use an impact socket and once you can cover the six side of the bolt slip it over and smack it with a hammer to finish pushing the tabs flat and out of the way. In any event, if you have the car up on jack stands and both front wheels off, you can turn them to get better access to the bolts. An impact airwrench would be first choice, a hammer driven hand held impact would be next (if they are really that tight), next would be the back yard mechanic method - using a 1/2 inch ratchet and handle - position the handle so that you can hit it with something about the same weight as the ratchet handle - do it very fast like hitting a drum with drum stick - poor mans impact driver - lastly would be a bigger breaker bar, you can slip a deep reach socket over your ratchet handle and put an extension in that to extend the lever.
Posts in this Thread:
- Replacing front rotors, Van, Thu, 2 Apr 2009 14:19:38
- Re: Replacing front rotors, andym, Fri, 3 Apr 2009 08:18:18
- Re: When pushing caliper pistons inward, Peter Martin
, Fri, 3 Apr 2009 06:33:34 - NO!, turbocon86, Fri, 3 Apr 2009 05:48:21
- Re: Replacing front rotors, Justin VanAbrahams
, Thu, 2 Apr 2009 14:24:21
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