[Justin Osman]

I have to do this soon, and I'm thinking its not a big deal, i've done on all my other cars, but I keep hearing about this silly phillips head set screw that is a pain in the ass to get off to get the rotors off..
any pointers?

 

[vwlippy]

Re: who has done their brakes by themselves? (Justin Osman)

Yeah, the screw usually rusts solid. We had to drill mine out to put the new rotors on. I think the rotors came with a new screw. (they were from PowerStop)

 

[Bora20]

Re: who has done their brakes by themselves? (vwlippy)

You need an impact screwdriver.
If you don't know what it is, it is a screwdriver that you can turn and lock. You then put the screwdriver into the screw and hit the end with a hammer. The force turns the screwdriver and screw. This is what most shops use.

 

[VR6Ole]

Re: who has done their brakes by themselves? (Bora20)

quote:[HR][/HR]You need an impact screwdriver.
If you don't know what it is, it is a screwdriver that you can turn and lock. You then put the screwdriver into the screw and hit the end with a hammer. The force turns the screwdriver and screw. This is what most shops use.[HR][/HR]​

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Mine weren't a problem though, when I changed out the front rotors last year.
Yes, the new rotors should come with new screws.

 

[VR66m!]

Re: who has done their brakes by themselves? (VR6Ole)

Use the impact driver. The PO used the wrong screw in mine, so I actually sheared off the head on one side. If this happens, don't panic. You don't actually need the screw, it just holds the rotar in place for convenience.

 

[vagvr6]

Re: who has done their brakes by themselves? (VR66m!)

Yeah, when I did my old GTis brakes, the passenger side didn't have a screw on it to begin with, and I didn't receive new ones with my Zimmerman rotors, so it stayed without a screw. didn't hurt anything though