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