Bolt Broke Off while Changing Tire

[texasvtak]

How the hell does a bolt just break off? Thats what gets my goat.

I dont mean to flame anybody, but seriously..

[5speedaccord]

uuummm...over torquing *sp them.duh. or corss threading them can also do it. think man think.

[texasvtak]

Thinking requires thought. Thought is a waste of my time.

[gloryaccordy]

My front left one just broke off today. Fucking 12 year old car...I'm gonna go check my local Sears auto out today, this shit is fucking urgent. I wonder how much struts are from them...

[4CYLPOWER92]

The rotor themselved to not always need to be pressed on the bearing. However, depending on the amount of corrosion, most of the time, they will NEED to be pressed off, and sometimes be pressed back onto the bearing.

There is a trick to getting the rotors off the bearing without pressing. Mine were rusted on really bad. Loosen the 4 bolts that attach rotor to the bearing. Loosen all of them the same amount. Then hold the nuckle arm (or whatever it's called) with one hand and pound the bolts like hell with a hammer in your other hand. This would seem to put a sideways stress on the bearings, but I havn't had any problems with mine and its been over a year. You have to be carefull when you hit the bolts or you will 'mushroom' them, and then its hard to get a socket on em. But again, you can hammer the socket onto them. Before you put the rotors back on, get all the rust off and then grease or oil the surfaces.