[Crabgrass]

I have an 03' EX. Do the rotors need to be pressed in or is this a job that can be done on the driveway?

From searching this forum I get the impression its a driveway job. I just want to be sure before I drive across town to my 'shadetree mechanic'.... no way am I paying the $950 to $1075 I have been quoted from 3 shops.

Thanks, Brian

 

[slimerdogs]

Hi Brian. The rotors do not need to be pressed on but might need a little help getting off as sometimes the screwes stick that hold them on or they might be rusted to the hub. There are 2 holes for M8 bolts to pull the rotor off if needed and don't worry if you have to destroy the holding screwes to remove the rotor as those are there to keep the rotors on during assembly and the wheel will hold the rotors on.

 

[Crabgrass]

Thanks Slimerdogs, glad I found this forum. I can go back to spending my $ on guitars!

 

[nm2068]

Did mine in the driveway, no problems. The holding screws are a b*tch though. Get a 12 pack and some break free and you're set.

 

[boxedup1]

go to sears get an impact screw driver w/#3 phillips head. it should come with it. you need to use a hammer and the impact screwdriver to get those twon screws off. after that its a breeze.

 

[Twilightzero]

Driveway job, easily. Have a Hammer of Bashing +5 and a block of wood handy and you'll be fine

 

[theckeler]

Had to drill out my screws, what a pain in the butt... they are in there so tight that it busted off my phillips head on the impact. Been pounding at the back of it for an hour with nothing moving.

 

[Twilightzero]

Don't pound too hard, you'll end up damaging the studs. Is it visibly rusted on or just stuck?

 

[theckeler]

Don't pound too hard, you'll end up damaging the studs. Is it visibly rusted on or just stuck?

Probably both... I sprayed some lube around the mounting area and letting it soak in now. This is the drivers side, I did that one first because I figured it would be the harder one. I'm hitting it with a good size mallet, not too big but not the smallest one I have, it just doesn't seem like it's going anywhere.

I thought the rears where bad... terrible design. I just did rotors on my father in laws Ranger and it was simple. The Jetta I had was cake.

 

[Twilightzero]

Depends, mine on the old 03 were pretty easy. How many years/miles are these riding on?

 

[theckeler]

Depends, mine on the old 03 were pretty easy. How many years/miles are these riding on?

03 and 100k... every time I changed the pads the rotors looked fine, but they are wearing a bit thin now and quite rusted around the rims so I thought I'd toss a new pair on.

 

[Twilightzero]

Yeek, 100K miles and 6 years is a lot of rust. I'd say try warming it with a torch but for the love of god don't hit the brake lines with it! :shock:

Disclaimer: I'm crazy, ask anybody around here.

 

[theckeler]

Yeek, 100K miles and 6 years is a lot of rust. I'd say try warming it with a torch but for the love of god don't hit the brake lines with it! :shock:

Disclaimer: I'm crazy, ask anybody around here.

Got the caliper hung up and out of the way... I heated it up quite a bit when I was trying to use the impact on the screws but I'll try and focus on hub area. I won't screw up plastics, rubber, grease, or other in the hub?

 

[Twilightzero]

Dunno to be perfectly honest. I'm not really a reac car guy, I jusy play one on the forums. Any of the real gearheads around here have any suggestions?

 

[theckeler]

Just in case someone has the same troubles I had, there are two threaded holes on the rotor that stop at the hub. Take some m8 bolts and thread them in, crank on them with a wrench and pop off it goes... after 2 hours of pounding I finally figured out the easier method.

 

[Tim Vance]

Just in case someone has the same troubles I had, there are two threaded holes on the rotor that stop at the hub. Take some m8 bolts and thread them in, crank on them with a wrench and pop off it goes... after 2 hours of pounding I finally figured out the easier method.

I hate to say this...
but...
Slimerdogs made this suggestion in post #2 of this thread....

 

[theckeler]

I hate to say this...
but...
Slimerdogs made this suggestion in post #2 of this thread....

ha well there ya go... I should read the whole thread before I pound for hours ha...

 

[Twilightzero]

I never suggested that because I thought you had already tried that... :lol:

Everything turned out ok in the end?

 

[theckeler]

I never suggested that because I thought you had already tried that... :lol:

Everything turned out ok in the end?

So far, having 2 kids (1 being under 2) makes it difficult to get anything done. It's off and will need to be cleaned up (quite a bit of rust on the hub) which I'll do tomorrow and put it back together. Funny, it took me a long time to find the right thing to do when it was a page behind me.

 

[Twilightzero]

So far, having 2 kids (1 being under 2) makes it difficult to get anything done. It's off and will need to be cleaned up (quite a bit of rust on the hub) which I'll do tomorrow and put it back together. Funny, it took me a long time to find the right thing to do when it was a page behind me.

That's one of the reasons I set my page views on here to hold 40 posts at a time. MUCH easier to find something if you don't have to flip 20 pages to do it!