Hello... Yesterday I decided to remove the disk brakes on my '78 Spit to rebuild the calipers and replace rotors and wheel bearings. When I got down to removing the rotor from the hub I did as the book said.
Remove the 4 bolts holding the rotor to the hub and remove rotor.... Nope... Rotor won't come Off. PLAN-B: Applied a spray of Rust Buster to mating surface between rotor and hub, smack smartly with mallet... Nope... Rotor won't come Off. PLAN-C: Fired up the propain tourch and heat rotor, smack smartly with mallet .... Nope... Rotor won't come Off. PLAN-D: Slip rotor/hub into freezer (when wife wasn't looking) and wait half hour, Swap out Propane with MappGas, Heat rotor, Smack smartly with mallet..... POP, Off comes Rotor :-) Yea !!!.... Miller Time !! What was Plan-E you ask, a 10 ton bearing press. Plan-F? A new hub to replace the one destroyed when Plan-E Failed. We're Havin Fun Now! George '78 "Spiffy" _______________________________________________ Spitfires mailing list [email protected] http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/spitfires
