PTR_NITRO_FG Donating Members 3,214 Member For: 11y 5m 30d Gender: Male Location: NOR Perth Posted 17/05/15 10:05 AM Share Posted 17/05/15 10:05 AM (edited) Zipties FTWThat pod is cute Edited 17/05/15 10:06 AM by PTR_NITRO_FG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilko16 Donating Members 1,672 Member For: 17y 4d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 17/05/15 10:14 AM Share Posted 17/05/15 10:14 AM 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 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discostig Manual mode ________________________ All day, erryday Donating Members 13,798 Member For: 17y Gender: Male Location: Probably above atmospheric pressure Posted 21/05/15 09:42 AM Share Posted 21/05/15 09:42 AM Winter annoys me because it does thisSo eleven and a half minutes later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stubbietubbie Filthy weeb Member 1,870 Member For: 11y 9m 9d Gender: Male Posted 23/05/15 08:42 AM Share Posted 23/05/15 08:42 AM 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RB Snake Donating Members 327 Member For: 10y 11m 3d Gender: Male Location: Perth SOR Posted 23/05/15 09:30 AM Share Posted 23/05/15 09:30 AM 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barnz Member 3,047 Member For: 11y 5d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 23/05/15 09:31 AM Share Posted 23/05/15 09:31 AM 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 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 28,992 Member For: 16y 7m 15d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 23/05/15 09:40 AM Share Posted 23/05/15 09:40 AM 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 treathttp://www.ebay.com.au/itm/271524626282 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stubbietubbie Filthy weeb Member 1,870 Member For: 11y 9m 9d Gender: Male Posted 23/05/15 09:59 AM Share Posted 23/05/15 09:59 AM They are the fronts, actually!We didn't want to get too rough with the soft hammer out of fear of damaging the bearings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilMeUp Member 1,045 Member For: 16y 4m 8d Gender: Male Location: Perth, Western Australia Posted 23/05/15 11:36 PM Share Posted 23/05/15 11:36 PM 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hawlass Silver Donating Members 1,161 Member For: 17y 16d Gender: Male Location: left right out Posted 23/05/15 11:59 PM Share Posted 23/05/15 11:59 PM 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? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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