Howdy,
On Mon, 19 Mar 2001 knuckledragger@kcweb.net wrote:
> My Neon's rear brake rotors are rusted solidly onto the hubs, and I do mean
> SOLIDLY!! I spent a good while on several occasions trying to gently coax
> them off to no avail. Then I proceeded to beat the living snot out of them
> with every large metallic beating object that I could lay my hands on. I
> even gave them a good dousing of Liquid Wrench but got no joy that way
> either.
>
> Any ideas on how to remove them? And yes, I had the parking brake
> disengaged as they turned freely on the hubs.
What I've done with drums in this situation is to take an air hammer with
a "cut-off chisel" driver/chisel/thingy and bap that around the face of
the hub seating surface, breaking the rust seal.
I must say I'm surprised though. You'd think that this wouldn't be that
hard.
Mark
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