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JST Member Since: 01 Nov 2011 Location: Lizant Posts: 1098 |
They sometimes stick because of corrosion/rust. I did a Renault yesterday - same problem - solved with big mallet! I hope you gave the hub a good clean up before fitting the new disc. I usually stick a bit of copper geese on the hub to prevent future problems. John
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23rd Jan 2015 5:29 pm |
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Steve D Member Since: 19 Jan 2013 Location: Essexshire Posts: 4102 |
1.5 hours. Wow! On the other side, try a squirt of penetrating oil on the studs and flange and give it a few minutes to work it's way in. With the caliper and carrier out of the way (and especially if you are replacing the discs anyway) a good smack with a decent size hammer on the disc from behind, right where the inner pad fits, should do the trick. A good smack with a hammer (not copper as it absorbes the shock) , rotate disc 180 degrees, smack, repeat, smack, repeat etc.
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23rd Jan 2015 6:17 pm |
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ad210358 Member Since: 12 Oct 2008 Location: Here and There Posts: 7464 |
You just need the right size Persuader |
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23rd Jan 2015 6:50 pm |
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tim_roberts Member Since: 10 Aug 2013 Location: Bournemouth Posts: 215 |
It wasn't rusted to the hub, in fact it was reasonably clean behind, it just seemed to be sticking on the studs - as if the holes in the disc were out of alignment. I had to bash it off millimetre by millimetre. Maybe the previous owner had fitted a set of cheapo chinese ones.
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23rd Jan 2015 7:13 pm |
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Mjjamieson Member Since: 04 Oct 2012 Location: Teesside Posts: 17 |
Mine were the same, the inside of the disc corodes and kind of crimps the disc to the hub, easier to cut them off with an angle grinder or recip. saw. 2008 XS TD4, Sumatra Black, Manual. |
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23rd Jan 2015 9:13 pm |
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druand Member Since: 07 Sep 2009 Location: south ayrshire Posts: 825 |
Hammering disc ON with rapid hard impacts alternating around hub before hitting from behind is usually effective. All FL2's (3) Gone
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23rd Jan 2015 11:32 pm |
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tim_roberts Member Since: 10 Aug 2013 Location: Bournemouth Posts: 215 |
Sorry to report that the other front disc proved equally difficult to remove. An hour of bashing got it off in the end.
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24th Jan 2015 4:08 pm |
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andrewstan Member Since: 28 Oct 2014 Location: CAMBS Posts: 1 |
I had a job doing mine a couple of years ago on my 57 plate.
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7th Feb 2015 10:10 am |
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