| Fazda |
| so im going to change my rotors on my audi today and get them machined. A couple questions before i get started and realize i have wasted my times. being my jmy car doesn't have studs and it uses bolts to keep the rims on. once i remove the caliper, is the rotor going to be pressed on or should i be able to get it off? |
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| newaccorddriver |
usually their held on by a screw or something. sometimes its not even held on by anything, but just pressed in a slight bit on the hub which is a slight bit bigger then the hub hole on the rotor like on my dads van. if you run across one of those, take a bit hammer and hit beside the stud holds and knock it loose.
why are you machining the rotors instead of changing them? the rotors are fairly economical to replace, and when you machine then, they can warp alot easier. |
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| RS13.2 |
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Originally posted by newaccorddriver
usually their held on by a screw or something. sometimes its not even held on by anything, but just pressed in a slight bit on the hub which is a slight bit bigger then the hub hole on the rotor like on my dads van. if you run across one of those, take a bit hammer and hit beside the stud holds and knock it loose.
why are you machining the rotors instead of changing them? the rotors are fairly economical to replace, and when you machine then, they can warp alot easier.
On most cars this is true. But S4 rotors are about 150-250 per side, not exactly cheap.
And there the rotor should sit on the center of the hub, and might be attached to the hub with some small screws. Basicly it will come off but not fall off. |
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| Fazda |
| im gonna go get it priced out for new ones, i took the rims off and realized i dont have the proper tool so i gotta go to canadian tire. The rotors are huge on the front, so ill try machining them first. i need a big hex key like tool. only it needs to be the star shape. anyways im off ill let u know how it all pans out.. |
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| newaccorddriver |
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Originally posted by RS13.2
On most cars this is true. But S4 rotors are about 150-250 per side, not exactly cheap.
And there the rotor should sit on the center of the hub, and might be attached to the hub with some small screws. Basicly it will come off but not fall off.
i guess i never took that into consideration. i paid about $60 per side on my BMW, and i thought it was fairly priced considering machining costs would have been around $50 anyways, so i might as well get new ones.
sometimes, its the studs/bolts that hold the rotors in place, while the wheel holds it tight up against the hub. the caliper would prevent it from ever falling off, but the wheel holds it still and in place |
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| Fazda |
| so i decided to buy new rotors from audi today, they were 128$ a rotor but i sweet talked my way into a 10% discount off list. so for the front rotors it came to 245$, i put them in, took about an hour of my time, and the shake it now gone, it drives awesome again. thanks for the help guys! |
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| n0c7 |
| What do you mean by it uses bolts not studs to hold the wheel on? Can't quite picture that. :dunno: |
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| EK9Hatch |
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Originally posted by n0c7
What do you mean by it uses bolts not studs to hold the wheel on? Can't quite picture that. :dunno:
Mercedes Benz is like that too. It uses bolts (its like a stud with a nut attached) and it screws into the hub. Its a neat set up, but damn, I hate taking the wheels on and off my Benz. You need to line up the bolt with the hole in the hub instead of just lining it up and setting the wheel on the stud (like most cars)
Jamie |
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| newaccorddriver |
| same with BMW's and Volkswagens, their a big PITA to put on most of the time |
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| Prudz_lude |
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Originally posted by n0c7
What do you mean by it uses bolts not studs to hold the wheel on? Can't quite picture that. :dunno:
same with my 4th gen lude |
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| newaccorddriver |
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Originally posted by Prudz_lude
same with my 4th gen lude
as far as i know, all hondas use nuts that screw into studs, not bolts that screw into the hub |
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| Prudz_lude |
| well as far as you know is wrong. My 4th gen is four studs. There is a nut that connects to the rotor but you don't need to take it off to get the rim off. Many center caps have been broken because of shops thinking they need to take the caps off to get the rims off. |
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| newaccorddriver |
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Originally posted by Prudz_lude
well as far as you know is wrong. My 4th gen is four studs. There is a nut that connects to the rotor but you don't need to take it off to get the rim off. Many center caps have been broken because of shops thinking they need to take the caps off to get the rims off.
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| Fazda |
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Originally posted by EK9Hatch
Mercedes Benz is like that too. It uses bolts (its like a stud with a nut attached) and it screws into the hub. Its a neat set up, but damn, I hate taking the wheels on and off my Benz. You need to line up the bolt with the hole in the hub instead of just lining it up and setting the wheel on the stud (like most cars)
Jamie
its a royal pain in the ass. i have a 5mm spacer on top of it.. so i gotta line that up to.. pisses me right off. but it was worth it in the end. She stops solid again. |
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| newaccorddriver |
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Originally posted by Fazda
its a royal pain in the ass. i have a 5mm spacer on top of it.. so i gotta line that up to.. pisses me right off. but it was worth it in the end. She stops solid again.
an easier way for you to do that might be to put one of the bolts through the rim and the spacer while its off the car and then try and screw it in. |
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