I was considering replacing my existing rotors with M floating rotors. How do I get the rotors off without dammaging them ? last time I changed rotors I had to pound them off with a hammer ! I dont want to ruin these so what are my options ?? My old ones were really on there and it took quite a bit of pounding to finally get them off. I want to keep these rotors for maybe track events, etc. Any thoughts ???

If it hasn't been that long since you changed them last time, they shoudn't be quite as tough to get off. A coulple of whacks should do it. You can use a rubber or plastic hammer of you don't want to dent the surface (or just don't bang on the friction surface; hit the edge or the hat).

I would say that some anti-seize compound should be put on the mating surface between the hub and the rotor, but there is the possibility that some could get on the friction surface. Has anyone tried this?

I put some anti-seize on the mating surface VERY SPARINGLY and have had no problems yet. I haven't had occasion to remove the rotors since then, though.

Thanks Bungy--Yes been a couple of months so it shouldnt be too difficult I immagine. Is there no special puller type of tool to do it with out banging on the disc ??
mj-the anti seize idea is a good one. thanks..

If the rotors won't budge after a few whacks with the hammer, spray some penetrating oil along the mating surface. Let them sit for a while and then try again. Clean the oil off everything before you put it all back together.

Don't forget to remove the rotor retaining screw too - we forgot to do that once and ended up banging on the rotor for the longest time. LOL.

If you REALLY did not want to harm the rotors, what you can do is put a couple of 2X4s underneath the rotor, take off the retaining bolt, and then lower the car onto the 2X4 and use the weight of the car to break the rotor free. Make sure your floorjack has a simple, deadman's grip release and release at a very slow rate.

HACK __

Nice tip ~ Thanks I will try it if a rubber hammer doesnt work.

Another quick question= I have the zimmerman drilled rotors and when breaking from high speed (80 or 90) I get a shake in the steering wheel. Once the brake is released the shake goes away. I've had the front wheels balanced twice by a shop that knows what they are doing so I dont think its the rims/tires. What could be causing this ? What else besides warped rotors would cause this ? By the way, the braking preformance seems really good but that shake bugs the hell out of me !! Please help.

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