Posted: 11/6/2016 5:29:47 PM EDT
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Not done. Still have to change out the passenger side rotor and pads, then go to Summit and pick up a new Bilstein steering stabilizer tomorrow. That had to have been the worst stuck rotor I've ever seen in my life. I had the oxy/ acetylene torch heating that thing forever before I could knock it loose. Those big rotors suck up a lot of heat. 
Trying to get all this crap done before the snow starts flying here. 
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Just went out and pulled the passenger side off. Decided to let the properties of thermal expansion do all of the work. Two torches and time, along with a few sharp blows between the wheel studs to break the rust weld. No drama. Those rotors are so large, you just have to be patient and let them soak up enough heat. Or buy a bigger torch set with a giant rosebud. 
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Quoted: This is why I coat the bearing surfaces to the hub with never seize. Copious amounts of never seize. Same with all the bolts and shit I take out. +1 was reading down to see if it had been said. I also do the contact area between the rotor and alloy wheels. |
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Is that what happens because winter? That and it's 10 years old with the original rotors. The salt gets in between the hub and the rotor mating surface and does it's thing over time, along with a million heating and cooling cycles. Big torch is best torch.
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That and it's 10 years old with the original rotors. The salt gets in between the hub and the rotor mating surface and does it's thing over time, along with a million heating and cooling cycles. Big torch is best torch. Quoted:
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Is that what happens because winter? That and it's 10 years old with the original rotors. The salt gets in between the hub and the rotor mating surface and does it's thing over time, along with a million heating and cooling cycles. Big torch is best torch. And they put salt on the roads for ice and stuff? Does it make enough difference in road conditions to make up for the damage to cars? |