#1: me again!... brake disc screws Author: kuushty, Location: HertfordshirePosted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 6:20 am ---- ok so i need to get one of the screws out that holds the disc onto the front.... do i just literally heat it with a blow torch then drill it out with them reverse thread drill bits? would that work? thats what i've been told...
cheers
rob
#2: Re: me again!... brake disc screws Author: Seabook, Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 6:21 am ---- what?
would a T30 torx driver easier?
#3: Re: me again!... brake disc screws Author: kuushty, Location: HertfordshirePosted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 6:23 am ----
Seabook wrote:
what?
would a T30 torx driver easier?
i tried that first mate, i'm not a compleet noob lol! but its just rounded off the head... they're more or less rusted in
#4: Re: me again!... brake disc screws Author: MrBSI, Location: What's it to you? ? ?Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 6:26 am ---- The trick with brake disc screws is:
A decent fitting torx bit & impact driver
1 swift wack undo's them.
A decent make of brake disc will come with new screws anyway OR you can buy new screws from Peugeot / Citroen cheap.
#5: Re: me again!... brake disc screws Author: kuushty, Location: HertfordshirePosted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 6:28 am ----
MrBSI wrote:
The trick with brake disc screws is:
A decent fitting torx bit & impact driver
1 swift wack undo's them.
A decent make of brake disc will come with new screws anyway OR you can buy new screws from Peugeot / Citroen cheap.
got a bag of replacements off ebay for £3 .... but the head is completely f****d on it...
#6: Re: me again!... brake disc screws Author: MrBSI, Location: What's it to you? ? ?Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 6:29 am ---- What happens next depends on what tools you have available
#7: Re: me again!... brake disc screws Author: Seabook, Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 6:31 am ---- clean it throughoutly and them hammer the torx driver into it?
that torx screw aren't that tight
#8: Re: me again!... brake disc screws Author: kuushty, Location: HertfordshirePosted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 6:33 am ---- well i'm off to the shop in a bit to get a new oil filter so what would i need? i only have a drill and reverse thread drill bit things available (as well as other stuff) but thats the only things i have available to get screws out... but i'm not even making a dent with the drill and reverse thread stuff
#9: Re: me again!... brake disc screws Author: CD-B3, Location: Salisbury / New ForestPosted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 6:41 am ---- Use some copper grease on the thread of the new one once you get it out.
#10: Re: me again!... brake disc screws Author: kuushty, Location: HertfordshirePosted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 7:02 am ----
CD-vRS wrote:
Use some copper grease on the thread of the new one once you get it out.
thats the plan mate
#11: Re: me again!... brake disc screws Author: Chris180, Location: northumberlandPosted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 7:05 am ---- i got some of thesefrom peugeot not long ago, about 30p each
robbing b******s
#12: Re: me again!... brake disc screws Author: MrBSI, Location: What's it to you? ? ?Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 7:10 am ---- I bought Brembo brake disc's so I got mine free inside the box
#13: Re: me again!... brake disc screws Author: kuushty, Location: HertfordshirePosted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 7:16 am ---- i'm sorted with the screws i just need to get the old ones out lol
#14: Re: me again!... brake disc screws Author: stevedude, Location: aldershotPosted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 7:33 am ---- ya could just drill head off, the remove disc and get grips on the barstard
#15: Re: me again!... brake disc screws Author: DeadEyePaul, Location: Rugby,WarwickshirePosted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 7:46 am ----
stevedude wrote:
ya could just drill head off, the remove disc and get grips on the barstard
i almost had to do this! those screws feel like they are made of TIN i chose a bigger torx screw and lightly tapped it into the problem screw and it came out to my relief
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