09-11-2014, 08:14 AM
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Fused spacers / rotors
My wheel spacers are absolutely fused to my brake rotors! I am assuming that my rotors will be just as bad if I can ever access them. Any good tricks other than a hammer?
Have any encountered this? I am dreading having to go search up a puller that will fit
...no I don't drive it in winter 
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09-11-2014, 10:41 AM
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Rubber mallet and a flathead screwdriver always works for me. Slowly chip inbetween them all around the rotor and it will separate.
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09-11-2014, 11:13 AM
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Suggest trying a wood block first before resorting to screwdriver.
Make sure you use anti-seize b/w spacer/rotor hat upon re-installation (same w/ rotor hat to hub and wheel to spacer, etc.)
Good luck 
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09-11-2014, 11:52 AM
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Thanks guys will wrestle with it!!
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09-11-2014, 03:01 PM
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I wonder if heat would help?
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09-11-2014, 04:06 PM
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still plays with cars...
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Give 'er **************** with a dead blow hammer, fella.
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09-11-2014, 04:08 PM
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Yes tried that!!
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09-11-2014, 04:14 PM
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still plays with cars...
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Douse with PB Blaster overnight and pound away again tomorrow?
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09-11-2014, 04:18 PM
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Yes did that but .... With wd40....as was running out of borrowed garage time!!
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09-12-2014, 05:50 AM
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WD40 barely classifies as a lubricating oil...
PB, a penetrating oil, is a completely different class. Try w/ PB and let soak overnight as BS states. I've used PB to release frozen solid brake caliper slide pins, header bolts, exhaust clamps, etc. - all of which I thought were completely toast.
Good luck
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09-12-2014, 06:38 AM
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Heat and PB will do it.
Schedule an auto-X race and a couple days before spray the PB between the too.
Give your brakes an smoking hot workout during the auto-x.
After the racing those should separate without much problem.
The differential heating/cooling cycles with the brakes doing the heating and the wind doing the cooling should cause enough expansion to break them free.
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Use a bigger hammer, but thats not as fun as an Auto-X.
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