"Joe" wrote in news:1176486349.378625.4510 @y80g2000hsf.googlegroups.com:
Then you either didn't tap hard enough, or long enough, with the 8oz hammer. Sometimes ait takes a few minutes to make the rust crumble and fall out.
That home run swing may have damaged your wheel bearings. Keep an ear out for growling, rumbling or howling noises from that wheel. If no noise develops, you're fine.
Take a good look inside the old rotor. See the scrape marks on the inside of the "hat"?
Why is it that you can never get that stuff off your hands, but it washes off when exposed to the elements? ;-)
I tapped plenty hard enough for a good ten minutes last night and again this morning. It was no match for 16 years of Minnesota rust.
Rust came out right away, and then no more came out. Still it didnt budge, even with the bolts. Oh, and I did finally shoot some wd40 right around the hub before the big swing (which was slightly exaggerated for dramatic effect), so maybe that played a part too.
will do. I might be able to hear something now that the rust-pocked rotor is out of there.
My neighbor the scrap man had picked it it within 15 minutes. ;-)
"Joe" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@y80g2000hsf.googlegroups.com:
Your rotors lasted SIXTEEN YEARS??? No wonder you couldn't break up enough of the rust!
I barely get FIVE years out of rotors up here before they're unusable.
If your home run swing popped the rotor off, you had knocked off most of the rust by then, and there wasn't much left holding it on.
Believe me, if you hadn't first got rid of most of the rust, you could have swung like Hank Aaron all day and got nowhere.
innews: snipped-for-privacy@y80g2000hsf.googlegroups.com:
Thats probably because you measure them. I dont go by that bunk. ;-)
I've had it for 9, and the vehicle had a mere 165,000 and was only 7 when I bought it, so I'm guessing its original. Its quite thin now, lol, what with 321,000 on it. It was probably due for a change anyway (understatement of the century)
"Joe" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@o5g2000hsb.googlegroups.com:
I don't measure mine. When the perimeter starts scraping against the caliper, and when chipping the flakes off the perimeter isn't enough, that's when I replace them.
The rotors on my car are the 8th set I've had on there since 1991. (Three warranty replacements, the rest were on my dime.)
LOL! Yep!
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