02-01-2017, 09:03 PM
FWIW.. most of those videos are by people in the desert where rust isn't a factor. Oh look ! It comes apart easy ! :banghead:
I had that issue with my daughter's friend's POS Chevy... one disc WOULD NOT COME OFF. So I hillbilly 'turned' it with a grinder. Then it turned out the calipers were shot to heck. And both wheels heated up like they were in a blast furnace.
So I drove it to the repair shop I used (stopping every mile to pour water on the wheels to keep them from melting). And left a pitiful note declaring I had given up.
They ended up having to use a torch to cut off the offending disc. Which I thought of, but would have caused a house and possibly life ending explosion....
I still do disc brakes, but when stuff refuses to come apart like it's supposed to.. yeah, I call the experts. Oh, and I coat removable surfaces with break free lube before I put 'em together, so I can tear them apart later.
I had that issue with my daughter's friend's POS Chevy... one disc WOULD NOT COME OFF. So I hillbilly 'turned' it with a grinder. Then it turned out the calipers were shot to heck. And both wheels heated up like they were in a blast furnace.
So I drove it to the repair shop I used (stopping every mile to pour water on the wheels to keep them from melting). And left a pitiful note declaring I had given up.
They ended up having to use a torch to cut off the offending disc. Which I thought of, but would have caused a house and possibly life ending explosion....
I still do disc brakes, but when stuff refuses to come apart like it's supposed to.. yeah, I call the experts. Oh, and I coat removable surfaces with break free lube before I put 'em together, so I can tear them apart later.