Rear rotor removal HELP NEEDED!!
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Rear rotor removal HELP NEEDED!!
I need to replace the right rear rotor on my ’78 but the hub will not come off. I’ve tried to put a puller attached to the lugs and pushing on the center but it will not budge .
What have I done wrong? :confused:
What have I done wrong? :confused:
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Re: Rear rotor removal HELP NEEDED!! (LonnieH)
Lonnie,
Check and make sure that the rivets are drilled out of the rotor. There are 5 rivets that are recessed into the hub of the rotor. You have the drill the tops off with a 3/8" drill. After you get rid of most of the rivet heads, punch them through into the hub with a punch or an old phillips screwdriver.
The rivets were put there to hold the rotors on during assembly, you don't have to replace them.
[Modified by Smokehouse69, 10:07 PM 2/9/2002]
Check and make sure that the rivets are drilled out of the rotor. There are 5 rivets that are recessed into the hub of the rotor. You have the drill the tops off with a 3/8" drill. After you get rid of most of the rivet heads, punch them through into the hub with a punch or an old phillips screwdriver.
The rivets were put there to hold the rotors on during assembly, you don't have to replace them.
[Modified by Smokehouse69, 10:07 PM 2/9/2002]
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Re: Rear rotor removal HELP NEEDED!! (LonnieH)
Also the lugs you are pulling on stay with the axle and are not part of the rotor...pull on the rotor not the lugs. The parking brake shoes could also be hanging the rotor up. But yes first check for the rivets :smash:
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Re: Rear rotor removal HELP NEEDED!! (yellow 72)
Thanks. I was looking at the repair manual and was afraid I was pulling on the wrong thing. The rivets are there, I’ll drill them out and hope the thing comes off so I can get back on the road.
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Re: Rear rotor removal HELP NEEDED!! (LonnieH)
Other have claimed that the spindle and rotor were balanced as an assembly at the factory. I don't know if this is true but to be on the safe side mark the rotor so you can put it back on in the same position.
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Re: Rear rotor removal HELP NEEDED!! (PatG)
Other have claimed that the spindle and rotor were balanced as an assembly at the factory. I don't know if this is true but to be on the safe side mark the rotor so you can put it back on in the same position.
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Re: Rear rotor removal HELP NEEDED!! (LonnieH)
I need to replace the right rear rotor on my ’78 but the hub will not come off. I’ve tried to put a puller attached to the lugs and pushing on the center but it will not budge .
If you replace the rotor, with a new or used one, you will need to check the
runout of the rotor. Requires a dial guage.
If not, you have a good chance of loosing your brakes. This is dangerous and very annoying. If the rotor does not run "true", the "wobble", will pump the pistons in the caliper and pump air into the system. A very common problem with Corvette style calipers.
If you need to true up the new rotor, you will need to shim between the rotor and the flange of the spindle.
Good Luck.
Barry
