Just wanted to give some feedback on this while it's fresh in my mind. Son needed new brakes on his 97 RS. We got some nice slotted Brembos and GS6 ceramic pads from Tirerack. Original rotors were rusted on hubs. Searched for easy removal methods and came up with some directions from vfaq. credited to Ian Jordan and the Talon Digest Archives.
The trick involves removing calipers and putting bolts through the mounting holes, with nuts between the rotor and caliper mounts. Tighten the bolts while holding the nuts and the rotors are easily pushed away from the hub. While torches and sledgehammers may sound like fun, I decided to make a quick trip to the hardware store instead. The method worked exactly as described and was incredibly fast and easy. Unless your rotors practically fall off the hubs when you remove your calipers, I would highly recommend this no sweat method for removing stuck (rusted on) rotors. Have fun.
#31045, "RE: Stuck Brake Rotors" In response to Reply # 0
Little more than you needed to do. Since stock rotors already have 2 threaded holes for bolts to go into to remove them. So all you do is just insert a bolt into the threaded holes on the rotor and tighten the bolt down and the bolt tip will contact the hub assembly and force (POP) the rotor off..
#31046, "RE: Stuck Brake Rotors" In response to Reply # 1
Originally posted by mcgyvr Little more than you needed to do. Since stock rotors already have 2 threaded holes for bolts to go into to remove them. So all you do is just insert a bolt into the threaded holes on the rotor and tighten the bolt down and the bolt tip will contact the hub assembly and force (POP) the rotor off.. But yes a great tip anyways..
Thanks for the info. In our case, those holes were so rusted over, I doubt the threads would have been usable and I wasn't sure what size/thread those bolts are, so I opted for the alternative method. I hate having to make two trips to the hardware store when I find out the bolts I "think" will fit, don't.
