Rotor set screw

[BS87]

Jesus guys, i'm not that cheap, just wanted to know if i had to run to the dealer and add a part number to my list :roll:

[Ryan Stewart]

I have four used ones as well. $.15 each + shipping.

Oh fuck you! Loballing me eh?

Well at least I can garuntee I wont get drunk and forget to ship them. :P

[rwh11385]

Lowballing is offering to buy shit for cheap. I'm just being competitive in the marketplace.....it's cut throat.


Whatcha talking about? Alcohol......what is that??

[BS87]

.10 each and you pay shipping, and we have a deal.

[JRKOUPE]

don't need it, lugs will hold it on there fine. i don't know of anyshops that actually put them back in when rotors are done, they're a pain in the ass to get out next time anyway.

that's because they're too lazy and too cheap to buy 50 cents worth of screws..

jus bought em......$2.30 each....at dealer. Maybe if they were .50 the hack shops would buy em!

[e30kid]

The dealer just gave them to me? Must be lucky :roll:

[Beej '86 325es]

Man, I'm about to shoot something. PB Blaster'd the hell of out of it for days now, drilled out a slot so I could fit a flat blade in it, and used a ton of heat and the f'er is not even budging.

Any other thoughts?

[bimmer8604]

I had to drill mine out. Took a while. Grab a beer and enjoy the drilling!

AFAIK you dont have to put that screw back in. Its only sole perpose was to keep the rotors from falling off as the car was headed down the assembly line.

Its all personal preferance. I preferre to put mine back in. as yes I could do with out it, but I dont have wheel studs, so putting on my tires is a bitch allready.

Kyle

[Brew]

Man, I'm about to shoot something. PB Blaster'd the hell of out of it for days now, drilled out a slot so I could fit a flat blade in it, and used a ton of heat and the f'er is not even budging.

Any other thoughts?

Impact driver.
If it doesn't work with the 5mm allen, use a t40 torx and hammer it into the allen bolt, then impact drive it out.

[rede30]

mine have been off for a while now, its not that bad to get the wheels on at all. somtimes the rotor rotates a bit but you can spin it back real easy. I had to drill them out the first time it did my brakes and i think i messed up the treads on one or two of the hubs anyway. That was my first thing i did on my car so i didnt know what the hell was gong on.

[Beej '86 325es]

I got the damn thing out. I tried getting a good pilot hole going down the whole screw so that I would be able to get the whole thing out and be able to put in another screw. That didn't work too well, I broke 4 bits and drained 2 batteries on the Dewalt. Finally, I said fuck it and drilled off the head so I could get the rotor off. The other side wasn't near as bad.

Now I can finally get my strut tubes out to send to ground control.

Thanks for the help guys. :)

[JRKOUPE]

mine were a BIATCH too.........


We want pics of your modded tubes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[misterlance]

Impact wrench is a must for allen pilot screws. Never strip another one.

[cwbaader]

Just one word on how to remove...hammer and punch (ok, 3 words). Take center punch and hit sharply with hammer in center of hex...that should loosen the rust and associated crap so you can loosen with hex wrench. Never tighten more than finger tight and use copper neversieze compound...the next time you do brakes you will congratulate yoursely on how smart you were:) Chuck

[silversleeper]

hmm... i used my allen key with a 3 ft metal pole on the end of it. cranked off quite easily then :)