Re: Man oh man do I hate Rust! Rant!
Bulletsnbrains wrote:
> > Hi Mike, > > "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message > news:429DF542.2D94D619@sympatico.ca... > > Once again the rust belt bites my poor Cherokee.... > >snip > > Ok, so I go to take it off. Ya right, the bolts 'used' to be reverse > > torx when they were new, they now are ragged edged rounded stubs. Rust > > has eaten the heads off. Vise grips won't even grab them! So I soaked > > the crap out of them overnight with penetrating oil and tried again. > > Even went and bought new vise grips with sharper teeth. No go. Screw > > it, just before getting out the grinder and drill I tried a plumbers > > pipe wrench. Bingo! Got the SOB's. > > Working on my '82 CJ brakes and found that the caliper bolts won't budge. > Ended up heating the bracket bolts with propane torch and using an impact to > remove the whole assy, bracket and caliper. Once I had it off, I wire fed > hex head bolts to the caliper pins and used a socket wrench and viola! > > > > > > Man oh man do I hate rust....... > > Salt City = Madison, Wisconsin... I hear ya! > > Now I have a question.... How do you seperate the hub and the rotor? I want > to replace the rotors of course. I have pulled the whole assembly off while > inspecting the rust colored grease coated bearings. > I start soaking it around the center and into each lug hole with a good penetrating oil. After it has soaked for a while, then it needs to be rung like a bell with a BFH. I used a 10 lb BFH on the Cherokee's rotor and on the back drum on this job. I gave them both a good ring, then soaked them for a few more hours, then one last whack and it went thunk instead of dinggg. The thunk means it let loose... Mike 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's |
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