cant you just leave it broken off in there? It wont harm anything.

 

At least one still has part of the shaft in the rotor and part in the hub (I think they are all like that actually). That would be fine if I did not want to change the rotors, but I am trying to change the rotors.

I think it would be hard if not impossible to remove the rotors with the screw partially in there. they are hard enough to get out with no screw in there, or am I missing something?

 

i thought the head was broken off? if its not totally gone then drill out the remainder that is holding the rotor on and pull the rotor off. ( or hit it with a big hammer to break it loose from the hub, sometimes they like to fuse them selves) once everthing is off there is no need to reinstall anything in that hole. those screws are only thee to hold the rotor on during manufacturing.

 

the head is broken off, are there no threads in the rotor?

I'm assuming that part of the screw shaft is still holding onto the threads of the rotor, as well as threads in the hub, making it still fastened together

busting the head off is good enough? I can just continue to remove the rotor?

 

I still have my rear rotors. If i see they have threads in the holes, i wont try pounding the rotor off. If i do see threads, I'll try something else.

Its not the same part but it should give me a good idea if there are threads in the front rotors.

any one with anymore input please post. Anyone who has broken the screw heads off and has gotten the rotors off without drilling the screw shafts out please let me know.

 

I would leave it as I said - its un-needed.

If you want the self tap tool at the hardware is the easiest thing to do. Next - a tap/die set (cheap one from Harbor Freight) is your next best. Drill out the old and re-tap the hole.

Your thinking too much about this ... just leave em out

 

thank you friend, but I'm not sure we are 100% on the same wave-lenght,

the question now is; can the rotor be removed with the screw head off but the screw shaft still in the hole?

 

...the question now is; can the rotor be removed with the screw head off but the screw shaft still in the hole?

Only the hub is threaded, not the rotor.

 

Indeed - the rotor is not threaded so yes you can remove it. The rotor only has a hole drilled which is larger than the bolt (see the image below of my rotors):

 

i wouldve just drilled right through the middle of the screw. thats what our sheet metal people do when we get a stuck screw on our aircraft.



arent you selling those?

 

a small stick of dynamite should do the trick

 

mine did the exact same thing on all four wheels. we ended up taking a cutting wheel and creating a new groove for the impact driver (after the original slots on the screw were mauled) and the heads twisted off. quick smack with a hammer and they were on the ground

 

your right, the rotors came off really easy. and the one screw i didn't mess with came out extreamly easy. should have let them all soak in the liquid wrench over night.

the one huw that has one screw in and one not, that isn't going to cause a balence issue is it?

 

Just drill it out you don't need it. I drilled all mine out when i changed the rotors.

 

no i doubt it will cause a balance issue. it doesnt weigh that much. it would be like having a stone in your tire.

 

I didn't even bother to put those damn screws back in...the wheel can caliper holds them in just fine

 

At the dealership we usually have to use a torch to heat those suckers so they're glowing just to budge 'em.

You don't need the screws anyway, you'll be fine. If you want, you can always use a common propane torch to heat up the remaining broken screw that's exposed and use vice grips to twist it out out once it's good and hot. If you put in new ones, invest in some anti-seize compound, too.

-BRR

 

When I replaced my rears, I had to drill out the screws to remove my old junked out ones. There's no need to get another screw to bolt the rotor onto the hub. As long as you properly torque every lug for each wheel, you should be fine.

 

I didn't use never seize on my new ones - I just replaced em with stainless screws