Urgent Help Required!

[mattyb]

Hey guys, I've replaced my front rotors with DBA4000's today, and just gave the old ones a little love tap with a soft faced hammer to remove them, now I'm onto the rear, and I have removed the caliper, but can't get them to budge...

Here's the thing, I mis-hit and hit the edge of the rotor with the metal handle and have dinted the rotor, so there is not going back now

Do I have to undo anything to do with the hand brake? or are they just being stubborn, and I need to be more forceful???

Any held ASAP would be GREAT, as the car is on a stand and I kinda need it tomorrow to get some new tyres fitted, lol.

Cheers in advance.

[Redback]

They're stubborn to get off. The shoes sometimes catch. Just keep at it with the hammerometer.

[mattyb]

Cheers, so there is nothing to worry about with the hand brake? I only realised today out of default I don't actually know how the hand brake connects to the rear rotor... no time like the present to learn, lol.

[mattyb]

Oh, by the way, it's a BF1 running standard size BF1 brake package (I think it's called PBR2, I think)

[Wenier]

You do have the handbrake off thou right?

[Dillz]

I'd say you need a bigger hammer

[JETURBO]

smash the crap out of em they dont like cumming off bubble wrap might help

[Guest XR09]

Hey Matt, be careful with that hammer lol

Ok on the rears. First chock your front wheels, so the car cannot roll.

When you take the rear wheels off and look at the hub. You will see a rubber gromet or just a hole in the hub, just a bit bigger than a ten cent piece.

Make sure you have the front stable and the thing out of gear and the hand brake off. Turn the hub till you see the hand brake pretensioner in the hole. It's at 7 on an FG. I believe 5 on a BA/BF. You will see the wheel you have to turn to release the brake off a bit. Just a flat blade screw driver to turn it.

The hubs should come off much easier now. Give them a good scrub with emery cloth and a spray of some good rust inhibitor before you put them back on.

Edited 18/10/10 06:37 AM by XR09

[MeatWod]

mine were very tough to get off gave the hub a good bath in WD40 and some light grit sand paper to try get some of the rust off. Ended up being a 2 person job 1 man on a pry bar putting some pressure against the rotor then kept belting it with a soft hammer much easier with the pry bar helping

[mattyb]

Sooooo, it's all done.

Now I have to pull the rear wheels off again, the calipers off again, and the rotors off again... I didn't line up the hand brake adjuster!!! F-A-R-K-I-N-H-E-L-L-!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

But on a side note the car looks tough as with the new 19's on it and a set of slotted DBA4000's all round

Oh, and Jeturbo, I didn't need bubblewrap, lol. just BRUTE STRENGTH, (and a pry bar).