Sometime, you come across a stripped or stuck screw on brake rotors – and it needs to be drilled out to remove the rotor. This DIY demonstrates how it’s done…
Sometime, you come across a stripped or stuck screw on brake rotors – and it needs to be drilled out to remove the rotor. This DIY demonstrates how it’s done…
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What a mess.
great video . learnt a lot thank you . and respect it was a porsche 😉
You don’t even need those screws, they are only there to keep the rotor on
during manufacture.
That’s why they call ’em “drum” brakes. You have to hit ’em.
@HunterCO1 Wow easy bro, relax, chill. no need for such abusive words…
the guy only trying to give you an idea of a method that works, his method
shows more than just how to get the screws out but it also shows how to not
damage the thread.
Nicely explained. Thank you.
I always use a impact screwdriver for screws like those
Wont the heat from the torch melt the seals in the hub for the bearing?
fuck those little screws. you dont need them! thats what the lug nuts are
for, they keep the rotor held tight between the rim and the hub. those
screws are just an extra step that make things a pain in the ass. they are
useless!!!
Great Info.
where can i get the drill bit and what settings?
I use a “glancing” blow when hitting drums… they bounce right off.
Funny you don’t need the screws the wheel holds on the rotor
Really nice vid did my rotor screws like you did and worked better then
good. Did not have the center drill but used a 4mm and 6mm.
@HunterCO1 yea i have been told that to, I second that. 2 yaers now and i
never put the screws back in and everything works fine
Great explanation Thanks, Hope it comes off in my MDX
You have just proved my point. You obviously have no formal training and no
understanding of Engineering.(or Physics) There are many methods for
removing both which does not cause catastrophic failure under severe
working limits.
There is another metheod shown by eric the car guy on this website.Take one
ball been hammer with the peen side on the screw and smack that hammer with
another hammer.Takes a few smacks with a hammer and you will have to hammer
the screwdriver bit in.Screw comes out with no problems.I used this metheod
on a Honda
Thanks for your reply . I am wondering , too should that rotor just slide
off when done? Don’t most them do?
They actually DID manage to chip one hammer but concluded in their wisdom
that it didn’t count. ( I have actually seen it happen) Eric also hits
brake drums with steel hammers to loosed them ! But I guess it’s not worth
explaining why you should not? particularly as he thinks they are made of
STEEL !
Why not just use a small drill for a small hole and a easy-out that why you
do not touch the threads in the flange and you can just get a new screw of
the same part number to replace the old one.
And as I reminded Eric, engineers NEVER hit two hardened surface together
like that !!! If you dont know why you shouln’t dont do engineering type
work.!
just for future reference jackass those screws are only there for the
assembly line and you can leave them out. Sorry to bust your bubble but it
dont fucking matter how you get them out.
thats why drilled rotors are best for track cars, NOT street cars. this
will happen when you have hot rotors from normal break use, and water comes
in contact with the rotors, Ie. Rain, puddles ect.. if you want performance
rotors for street cars, BUY DIMPLED OR SLOTTED. NOT DRILLED.
I have a question for you i have a 94 Lexus es 300 i snapped off the heads
to a stud that holds z the sway bar retainer and bushing there is no room
to get in there with a drill on punch there’s about 2 inches barley enough
room for a box wrench if you have any ideas for me that would be great it’s
driving me INSANE!
Thanks for the video man!
are those cracks in those rotors?
Well explained , not so easy to do! always a bastard job ! I have had my
share..
Will PB help get stuck ones loose?
@SuicidalLooney, I second that. To many E numbers in that chaps diet.
thanks for the knowledge! hope that doesn’t happen to me either way!
just a little heat.. (Takes a flamethrower to it). There we go, no more
screw issues, including no more car LOLOL. But in reality thanks for the
video 🙂 now i have no more stuck rotors 😀
Hitting a rotor including drum with a BFH is the only to get them off.A
mallet won’t do it
@Lillie1986 No it wont
Clean the rotors with brake cleaners just for precaution if you use any
lubricant! Don’t wanna contaminate the pads
If you have a mig welder just keep hitting the head of the screw with the
mig and build up some weld, put a pair of vice grips on the build-up and
back out the screw. Be careful not to weld the face of the screw to the
rotor face or your SCREWED.
Thanks for this great video! I have this problem on my Honda’s rotors right
now.
I would’ve stopped after drilling out the head of the screws. They only use
those screws at the manufacturer to hold the rotor on while the vehicle
goes down the assembly line until the brakes are fully assembled. Many
replacement rotors wont even have the holes drilled out to even reuse those
screws.