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I am trying to get the front rotors off of my car and the drivers side one won't come off.  I tried using the threaded holes to press it off slowly but the rotor just cracked and broke around the holes.  I beat on the backside all day with a rubber mallet and still no luck.  The car has almost 120,000 miles and I don't think the previous owner ever changed the rotors.  Yes they are very rusty, and yes I have soaked it in both WD-40 and rust-buster.  HELP!

p.s.  I also have a lug bolt I need to remove and I am having the same exact problem!

well, the easiest thing to do(that is if you have the means to) is to heat it up with a tourch. But if not all you can to is keep spraying it down with WD40 or some pblaster, and hitting it with a hammer. I can tell you i have broken rotors in half trying to get them off  ;D

Um, you did remove the Caliper right?  Not picking on you but I have NO idea how much you know about this stuff.  Other than that if the rotor is just really rusted on there, BEAT THE HELL out of it.  That's pretty much it.  Don't be afraid of hurting anything, your replacing it anyway.

Pry Bars are a good friend too.  Try that.

or also an impact hammer works good. Or hell i have even cut rotors off with a cuttoff wheel on a grinder

The Easiest way is to get a big three armed puller(like free from Autozone) Crank that bad boy onto the perimeter and tighten her up ...
IF there are drilled and tapped holes on the face of the caliper get bolts that fit it (I believe they are Metric) and start alternately tightening them down back and forth then tighten the puller ...
If you have no holes then hit with LARGE hammerback and forth, tighten the puller ... As mentioned above heat can help ...
Eventually it should POP loose so be carefully they can somtimes fly when they let go ...

When you install the new ones be sure to wirebrush all  the hub face and apply a good coat of neverseize to prevent this the next time :o

i had the same problem and i had to use a good dose of PBlaster(awesome stuff) and i found taht it helped if you beat the $hit outta the rotor between the wheel studs.  dont make the same mistake i did and hit the studs tho, re-threading them is a real pita.

My brother and I had to do that to a 1G AWD Eclipse.  It took us about an hour, and we actually broke 2 of them in half doing it. 
I'm replacing my rotors soon, I got dimpled/slotted set and SS brake lines.  The oldones shouldn't be rusted on yet; they've only been on for about 2 years.  I was also wondering if 3k GT calipers would fit on stock size Avenger rotors, and if that would help braking.

I had a Stealth R/T (same as the 3K) and they did NOT fit.  the caliper was too thick/wide to fit.

stock size rotor no, you have to use the gsx/3kgt/stealth rotors cause the are bigger

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Just was wondering, thats all.  Thought I might try to save some money.

Yes, the caliper was off lol.  I have been looking for a torch without luck.  I may just have to break down and buy one.... :-\

Dude they're like six bucks at Autozone.

go for the oxy-ascytelene torch ;) 

really, that cheap? wow.

You could buy a Mapp gas can & torch from a Lowe's, Home Despot, or Ace Hardware. Torch & bottle are like $40, and that should last you a while, and the Mapp gas burns hot.

take a huge ball peen hammer and hit it around the hat of the rotor the part that the wheels go and the jarring action will break the rust loose and it will fall off i had that problem on my avenger and it took me a while to do that then i bought drilled rotors.

Thanks for the reply but I actually got this done a few months ago.  I heated it up with mapp gas, and smacked the excrement out of it once with a really heavy mallet.  It came right off.

oh ok so this a really old thread lol

however, your reply was still helpful.  ;)

thanks guess i should look at dates more often

don't worry. you don't get flamed for it on this Avenger/Sebring group. lol.

Rotor removal is a B!TCH, cause I don't have any air compressor or air tools!   

Hmmm..  A tire iron or a socket and ratchet.  A blow torch. A big mallet.  Which ones the air tool?  ;)

thats good i cant stand it when people hate on others.

Reincarnation, USE THE SEARCH BUTTON!! USE THE SEARCH BUTTON!! 

j/k  ;)

Sorry Reincarnation. We let ET out for his birthday. Back in your cage now ET. lol. jk

lol i love this place its too bad alot of people on here dont live real close i keep hearing like new york and canada and stuff

i say just get a GOOD metal hammer (not Pu$$y rubber) and just have good old fun beating hell out of it... but again keep moving around the rotor, dont want to jam  it from one side  :-\

never use a blow torch...it can cause un needed stress on the rotor causing heat cracking and warping not good! pb balster and a rubber mallet are fine no hard hammers though or you run the risk of denting and ruining the surface of the rotor. just fyi.