Brake disc torx bolts...who's drilled theirs out??

[HULK]

Can't shift my torx bolts that hold the front brake discs on the hubs. Will it be ok drilling them all out?? Do I really need them??

Who else has done this???

Hulkster

[JRP]

Why you have to remove them if you dont mind my asking? other ways around drilling mate el drastico:cry:

[HULK]

Need to change the discs that's why dude. What other way is there???

[JRP]

Heat baby heat baby... plus wd40 hmmmm leave a while then heat baby heat... thats how i get stobborn things out. dont go melting any rubbers on calipers etc mind ;)

[HULK]

Tried baby tried all that shizzle. I will give it another soak with wd40 and try again tomorrow

[dangerous dave]

some cars dont have anything to hold the disk on, just a locating pin.. its not gonna jump off if you bolt the wheel on:p drill it out, a tap and die isn't hard to find..

[JRP]

Tried baby tried all that shizzle. I will give it another soak with wd40 and try again tomorrow

Yeah baby yeeeeeeeeah http://cdn.faniq.com/images/blog/3b3f176bd303ba3b6b07cc3f7780ca76.jpg

[dangerous dave]

Tried baby tried all that shizzle. I will give it another soak with wd40 and try again tomorrow

i have one of these for when there tight, drill it when there fubar

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/DRAPER-IMPACT-SCREWDRIVER-SET-/380178858475?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_Hand_Tools_Equipment&hash=item58846d01eb

[HULK]

some cars dont have anything to hold the disk on, just a locating pin.. its not gonna jump off if you bolt the wheel on:p drill it out, a tap and die isn't hard to find..

It may come to that Dave. It would help if I had a big enough torx driver:wasntme:

[HULK]

Dave how does an impact screwdriver work?? Never used one before!!

[JRP]

:sad2::cooter:
Dave how does an impact screwdriver work?? Never used one before!!

[HULK]

:sad2::cooter:

:crap::scratch: lol, just the impact part my good friend, I believe to know what a screwdriver is!!

[JRP]

Do you have a desk and computer with post it notes at work :laugh::laugh::laugh:

[dangerous dave]

Dave how does an impact screwdriver work?? Never used one before!!

you whack it.. :smokin:

quote from the tinterweb:)

An impact driver (http://www.onlinetips.org/impact-driver-uses) is used when some kind of fastener needs to be loosened. Manual impact drivers look somewhat like fat screwdrivers with a chuck at one end in which to fit different kinds of bits, depending on what the job at hand requires. How does an impact driver work that is made like this?
Spring-loaded, the impact driver operates by employing a wedge and cam apparatus built inside it. When the user knocks the manual impact driver with a hammer, it causes the chuck, and in turn, the bit, to turn several degrees. Any type of fastener (bolts, screws, lags, etc.) is usually successfully freed through the repeated use of the torque, shock, and thread compression caused by hitting the driver.

[HULK]

:cry::cry::cry: I only wanted to know the difference between an impact screwdriver and a normal one. Please just tell me before I cry myself to sleep. I don't want to look even more of a numpty and have to ask the wizard!!! :sad2:

edit. Thanks Dave your a star

[THE MASTER]

this is what i do before removing the 2X40torx bolts
belt the **** out of them with a 3lb hammer first then with a 40size good quilty torx socket tapping the tool home propperly.. snap the bolts open .
works nearly evertime
if that dont work ile try and tap them roound with a chisel
if that dont work then ile drill the top off

you dont realy need the torx bolts all they do is make it easyier to line the holes up on the disk with the hub . the wheel bolts keep the disk from rotating
;)

[JRP]

:worship::worship:
this is what i do before removing the 2X40torx bolts
belt the **** out of them with a 3lb hammer first then with a 40size good quilty torx socket tapping the tool home propperly.. snap the bolts open .
works nearly evertime
if that dont work ile try and tap them roound with a chisel
if that dont work then ile drill the top off

you dont realy need the torx bolts all they do is make it easyier to line the holes up on the disk with the hub . the wheel bolts keep the disk from rotating
;)


See you tom night col...

[THE MASTER]

just one last foot note if you do have to drill them .... when you fit the new disk make sure the counter sunk holes are were they would be normaly or you will have brake vibration :)

[Pete@Backyard Racing]

i did my front discs reciently and had the same problem as u m8, wd40, impact driver and chisel didnt work so dont bother m8 you wont get them out cold.

heat up cherry hot with oxy acetalyne then while still mega hot get a 24" breaker bar with a torx socket on the end hold the tool in place with 1 hand and turn with the other ( try a quick shock rather than a progressive turn of the breaker bar)

roberts your dads brother ;)

[HULK]

Thats excellent advice thanks Dudes. Thanks for the help everyone. Hopefully will get the job bossed tomorrow and will give a cheeky update of my progress.:smokin:

[THE MASTER]

Thats excellent advice thanks Dudes. Thanks for the help everyone. Hopefully will get the job bossed tomorrow and will give a cheeky update of my progress.:smokin:

thats what we are here for innit ...lol:p

[HULK]

i did my front discs reciently and had the same problem as u m8, wd40, impact driver and chisel didnt work so dont bother m8 you wont get them out cold.

heat up cherry hot with oxy acetalyne then while still mega hot get a 24" breaker bar with a torx socket on the end hold the tool in place with 1 hand and turn with the other ( try a quick shock rather than a progressive turn of the breaker bar)

roberts your dads brother ;)

I don't have any gas bottles to hand to looks like it will be a job with the drill. Tried to heat around Torx bolts tonight with of those handy blow torch thingys and as u can imagine it did f#@k all. Might as well have just used the girlfriends nicky Clarke delux hairdrier the difference it made. :sad2:

[THE MASTER]

hammer time http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otCpCn0l4Wo
give a hammer and an angle grinder
:coffee: i could build the world