The 92 Accord that was recently stolen from my house had rotors that the dealer
would only turn ON THE CAR for over 100 bucks. That's $100 just for turning
them and then you paid for a brake job. I would not accept that and learned
how to remove them. You have to remove the axle nut and withdraw the the
whole steering knuckle and bearing, brake assembly from the CV axle. You can
get at the mounting scews for the rotor then, but only with a 12 point metric
socket. As Haynes says, "Assembly is reverse of removal." PITA, adn the
rotors would warp if the lug nuts were not torqued correctly!
Mike MacLean Supercharged 60 Sprite
Chris King wrote:
> Could be worse. I had an 82 Tercel in college that had rotors mounted behind
>the hubs. FWD, so I had to take out the drive axle, and press the hub out of
>the axle carrier with a hydraulic press. Needed to use the press again to get
>them back in. Getting the right bearing preload was an interesting task!
>
> -=Chris
>
> Chris King - cbking@alum.rpi.edu
>
>
> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> From: "Eddie Sheffield" <esheffield@prizmail.com>
> Reply-To: "Eddie Sheffield" <esheffield@prizmail.com>
> Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 22:17:18 -0400
>
> >From: "Bill Mantz" <bmantz@roanoke.infi.net>
> >
> >
> >> Started to change the front brake rotors on the 71 Midget, and decided to
> >> read the manual first for a change. According to the manual (Haynes) you
> >> must remove the hub. I really don't see why you would, but I haven't tried
> >> it yet. Does anyone else remove the hub when replacing the rotors?
> >
> >Yep, the hub must come off. Unlike most current cars where the rotor is
> >merely "sandwiched" between the wheel and the hub, the rotor on the Spridget
> >is bolted to the back of the hub, so you must remove the hub to remove the
> >rotor. I had a '70 Monte Carlo once and the rotors and hubs were a single
> >unit.
> >
> >I need to do this same job soon myself. Have the rotors, just haven't put
> >them on yet.
> >
> >Good luck!
> >
> >Eddie
> >1971 Midget
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