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Old Jul 18, 2007 | 10:34 AM
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Rotor help

I am having trouble getting the front rotor off on a 1997 f150 any thoughts?
 
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Old Jul 18, 2007 | 10:50 AM
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Welcome to the forum cowboy!

4wd or 2wd?
 
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Old Jul 18, 2007 | 11:54 AM
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4wd but I followed another guys suggestion in here about using bolts in the brake holes and it worked after much pounding and heating, thanks for your help everyone.
 
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Old Jul 18, 2007 | 03:40 PM
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becarefull if you use a pully because it will fly off the hub with alot of speed. it happend to me. best thing to do is get pb blaster and soak it between the hub and rotor. leave it over night and try to pound it off. hope this helps
 
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Old Jul 18, 2007 | 10:42 PM
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I have found that the brake rotor rusts on the back side and swells onto the hub, on the back side. Soak this area. Then beat with a 2 or 3 pound sledge hammer.
 
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Old Jul 18, 2007 | 11:37 PM
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i would leave a couple lugs on the hub just to keep the rotor from flying off
 
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Old Jul 20, 2007 | 10:07 PM
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If you do a lot of banging on the rotors make sure you check your tye rod ends and all of the steering parts. A buddy of mine had a guy hit the rotors with a small sledge and after all the brakes where fixed about a week later he lost steering when his tye rod end came apart. He was lucky he was not going to fast. Both tires pointed in. Just a word of caution..........


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