4kq front rotor removal

[Mihnea Cotet]

At 18:22 29/05/2002 -0400, you wrote:
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>I am replacing the brakes on my '85 4kq.  I was able to do the rears with
>no problems, but when I try to do the fronts, I cant get the rotor off the
>hub.  The rear ones just fall off once the caliper housing is removed, but
>the fronts stay put.  I'm guessing that they are just rusted to the hub
>and nothing else needs to be removed, but I'm not sure.


Nothing else needs to be removed, you can be sure of that, BTDT more than once!

>   I don't want to hit them much harder with a hammer until I'm sure
> there's nothing else holding them on.  I don't have to take the axle nut
> off do I?

Surely not!


>Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong? Or give me a hint on how to break
>the rust (if that is the problem)

Hit the surface where the wheel sits on the rotor with a hammer and they
will come off...
When you'll put the new ones back on, you'll want to put some anti-seize on
the hub to avoid having this problem again in the next few years.

HTH,


Mihnea


'85 Coupe quattro, due for a 20vt conversion for this summer, as well as
new shocks, Eibach springs and lots of other mods including Porsche brakes
in the front
'90 200q20v 20vt donor, at the moment with a broken distributor gear :(((

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