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This is what it replaced...

Had been running unfiltered air for f*ck knows how long...

Also two bottles of that moreys extra thick honey oil additive to stop the blow by

I'm rough as hessian undies when I'm fixing poor people's cars

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Winter annoys me because it does this

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So eleven and a half minutes later

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Soak in wd40 overnight.....bash like hell. I have a heavy sand filled plastic mallet for this job. They will pop eventually. I've had some karnty ones....but they all come off with enough smashing

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I assume you mean rears... the fronts are easy to get off - they practically fall off, even when there's rust :P

use one of these for the rears :) works a treat

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/271524626282

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They are the fronts, actually!

We didn't want to get too rough with the soft hammer out of fear of damaging the bearings.

I had a bunch of trouble getting all four disc rotors off my Tornado.

Starting with the rear ones - substantial application of a hammer didn't loosen them.

Constant swearing and attempts to hurt their feelings didn't help either. Stubborn bastards.

Then I finally figured out that I could use the mount for the rear caliper. I fed one of the caliper bolts through, which then pushed the disc off the axle.

I don't know if this would work with either front or rear discs on an FG. Have a look.

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I spend way too much of my life with a cordless drill and wire brush, cleaning up corroded surfaces. At least it means that the discs will come off easily next time.

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I've never had trouble getting front discs off, but these ones also put on quite a fight.

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I can't remember how I got each one loose in the end. There might be been some attempts with levering them off from behind with a crowbar.

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Plenty of corrosion on the wheel bearing hub.

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After the drill and wire brush.

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I use the spanner to hold the hub in place (via a wheel stud) whilst applying the wire brush everywhere.

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The metal surfaces end up clean before the disc goes back on.

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Looks like lots of hard work , do you put anything on the bare steel to try to prevent future corrosion? I assume driving in the rain /puddles will just start it happening again?

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