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mcrover
14th September 2008, 06:19 PM
Same disclaimer as the wheel bearings tutorial so please read that first

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/technical-chatter/63439-wheel-bearing-tutorial.html

Now first remove the whole assembly as per the above thread.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2008/09/539.jpg

Remove bolts (14mm 12 sided)

This is much easier with a rattle gun but if you have a good vice you can use a breaker bar or a mate to hold it and hit a breaker bar with a mallet which I have done before which is the hard way.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2008/09/540.jpg

Use a dead blow soft face hammer to knock out the hub

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2008/09/541.jpg

You may need a little bit of heat, just heat it evenly and not over the top if you want to use the rotor again.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2008/09/542.jpg

To mount the new rotor, just lightly tap into place and use a couple of the bolts to keep it lined up and tap it in with the dead blow hammer.

Add a bit of loctite to the bolt threads

Tighten the bolts to FT ( Damn tight for those who don't like the term I use)


https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2008/09/543.jpg

Check all around it to make sure it is seated properly and reinstall as per the wheel bearing thread.