What Did You Do To Your Car Today?

[PTR_NITRO_FG]

Zipties FTW

That pod is cute

Edited 17/05/15 10:06 AM by PTR_NITRO_FG

[Wilko16]

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

[discostig]

Winter annoys me because it does this

So eleven and a half minutes later

[stubbietubbie]

Replaced the brake pads but we couldn't get the rotors off. Seem to be rusted on there pretty tight.

Heated and WD40'd it and hammered and whatever else but she's a no-go. Will give it another go in the coming days.

[RB Snake]

A short handled sledge will get em off, put the wheel nuts back on so you cant damage the thread. I had the same trouble with mine.

[barnz]

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

[k31th]

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

use one of these for the rears works a treat

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

[stubbietubbie]

They are the fronts, actually!

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

[PhilMeUp]

  On 23/05/2015 at 9:59 AM, stubbietubbie said:

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.

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.

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

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.

Plenty of corrosion on the wheel bearing hub.

After the drill and wire brush.

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

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

[hawlass]

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?