ROTOR BOLT REMOVAL???

[Kennyg]

I have leaned on this and tried an air gun with no luck.......any ideas?? It has to come off as part of tranny replacement.Could my home air gun just be too weak before I load the engine up and take it to a garage? Many thanks.

[andyb]

It's got antisieze on it from the factory, I think.  Lil heat will help.

[Kennyg]

Thanks will try that....but  just the bolt area or how cautiuos with the torch around the rest??

[andyb]

If memory serves there's a rubber seal behind it.  You've got a couple options.

1)  Torch the hell out of it.  The seal takes a crap, so what?  Replace it when you put the motor back together, and save worrying about a leak after reassembly.

2)  Heat it gingerly, and try to reuse a 20+ year old rubber seal that's a headache to replace.

I'd heat the bolt directly, try it immediately after (while still hot) and if it doesn't go, then wait for it to cool and try again.  Just need to break the threadlocker, not heat the area and hope for thermal expansion to do the work for you.  A simple propane torch will suffice nicely in either case.

[simi_ed]

Actually, there's Lock-tite from the factory ... Never mind, I was thinking of brake rotor bolts.

[andyb]

Oh goddamnit.  Locking compound, not antisieze.  You know, the exact opposite of what I meant to say. 

It's like I'm practicing to talk to my wife or something.