URGENT (well fairly) brake question...

[trotter]

...how the hell do you get the rear discs off?

Replacing mine with the Speedline jobbies and now i\'m stuck with this situation.....



and this...



and no idea where to go from here!!

also,

if im fitting goodrich brakelines where do they tie into in this pic??? (pic below)



cheers

graeme

[grinder]

if you have removed or drilled out the little screw thingy .. then welcome to a world of fun

basically - sit on the floor - get a mallet and spend XX hrs slowly knocking the back of the disc - rotate - bang - rotate - bang etc..

it might help if you bash the bell of the disc ( the outer inside rim if that makes sense ) - the bit where the studds stick thru

it took me HOURS to do the rear discs

[shaunwil]

Easy, stick a bolt in the threaded hole and it will release the disc when it is wound in.

You may need to tap it with a soft hammer to help it along !

[grinder]

http://www.mazdarotaryclub.com/forums/showthread.php?t=55775&highlight=disc

i think i tried that aswell shaun - didnt work for me ( or i was just scared of snapping it off in the hole !! )

[shaunwil]

It should do, the bolt for pulling force and the hammer for shocking the disc off. If its rusted on then it won\'t be easy ! You can exert a lot of pressure off the one bolt before the thread is stripped. Just tighten it up with a spanner then tap it with the hammer. Leave it under load for a while then add some more pressure to it !

Shaun

[trotter]

I don\'t have a screw or a threaded hole?

think i\'m gonna go down the big lump hammer route.....

[grinder]

no threaded hole - really

you can see it on your new disc - might be worth really checking the disc thats on - cause if there is one with something in it - you wont get it off !! LOL

[trotter]

SUCCESS!!! Brake disc 0 - Graeme 1

Rears all done, fronts next week. Trying to bleed them was a pain in the erchie though.

And for the record - it is a 10mm flare nut spanner for the brake lines.

[grinder]

congrats - i found doing the fronts a lot easier than the rears

[trotter]

well thats next weekends fun and games! :wiggle :wiggle

[Draco]

i must have been lucky when i did mine both front and rear came of fairly easy

[peterwolds]

well done T at least the rear stops now ,will think about you doing fronts as i lounge in the sun

[trotter]

cheers Pete! :2Mad