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Old Aug 11, 2001 | 12:33 PM
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i got the rotor off..im trying to replace my stripped studs but they aint coming off.. any pointers?...
Old Aug 11, 2001 | 12:37 PM
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hmmm

i used searched....

wow 1st time the search came thru for me...
Old Aug 15, 2001 | 11:08 PM
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I replaced a rear all it took was a hard hit with the BFH.
Old Aug 15, 2001 | 11:22 PM
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Yeah, I just used a hammer. Didn't even bother with the punch, that just wasted time. I had to replace 10 front studs. They came out easily, the whole job only took an hour or so.
Old Aug 15, 2001 | 11:25 PM
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I still cant get my front rotors off to put my damn Brembo x drilled rotors on. BFH didnt do it for me. Im gonna give it another go tommorow using some BB Blaster rust eater stuff.
Old Aug 15, 2001 | 11:29 PM
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Wow, there must be some crazy rust on there. My rotors practically fall off as soon as I remove the calipers.

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I still cant get my front rotors off to put my damn Brembo x drilled rotors on. BFH didnt do it for me. Im gonna give it another go tommorow using some BB Blaster rust eater stuff.
Old Aug 15, 2001 | 11:34 PM
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Wow, there must be some crazy rust on there. My rotors practically fall off as soon as I remove the calipers.

Man it's crazy. Im a pretty strong guy and I was pulling the hell out of it and it wouldnt budge. My friend's dad who is an ex-mechanic even gave it a shot with his hands and with a BFH but it wouldnt budge. I took it to a Shell station and they said they could do it for $75, but before I give up, I want to be CERTAIN I cant get them off.

I know I can thread 2 bolts in the stock rotors and evenly turn the bolts to eventually pop the rotor off, but I cant find the correct size bolt to thread. I think it's a 9mm bolt but no one sells 9mm bolts, I think Nissan did that intentionally.
Old Aug 16, 2001 | 05:18 AM
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My rotors almost fell off by themselves when I replaced pads on 95 GXE with 66k miles. I did find the correct size metric bolts at our local hardware store which sells nuts, bolts etc individually. I do not remember the size but it was 1.25 thread pitch. I hope this helps

Man it's crazy. Im a pretty strong guy and I was pulling the hell out of it and it wouldnt budge. My friend's dad who is an ex-mechanic even gave it a shot with his hands and with a BFH but it wouldnt budge. I took it to a Shell station and they said they could do it for $75, but before I give up, I want to be CERTAIN I cant get them off.

I know I can thread 2 bolts in the stock rotors and evenly turn the bolts to eventually pop the rotor off, but I cant find the correct size bolt to thread. I think it's a 9mm bolt but no one sells 9mm bolts, I think Nissan did that intentionally.
Old Aug 16, 2001 | 07:21 AM
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Be careful you dont bust your rotor I did that on my friends car luckily we were replacing it. Try soaking it with antifreeze yeah it sounds stupid but it works.
Old Aug 17, 2001 | 08:00 AM
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I used the biggest hammer I could find, and banged the sh$t out of the rotor in between the studs, 2 minutes and an ear ache later it fell off.
Old Aug 17, 2001 | 08:10 AM
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Originally posted by DCmax


Man it's crazy. Im a pretty strong guy and I was pulling the hell out of it and it wouldnt budge. My friend's dad who is an ex-mechanic even gave it a shot with his hands and with a BFH but it wouldnt budge. I took it to a Shell station and they said they could do it for $75, but before I give up, I want to be CERTAIN I cant get them off.

I know I can thread 2 bolts in the stock rotors and evenly turn the bolts to eventually pop the rotor off, but I cant find the correct size bolt to thread. I think it's a 9mm bolt but no one sells 9mm bolts, I think Nissan did that intentionally.
I had the same problem. I went to Heritage Citgo in Annandale and the did it for $15, replaced one stud.
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Old Aug 17, 2001 | 08:20 AM
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Tire Kingdom, when removing my tire, snapped two of the suds off. Now my car makes a HORRIBLE noise when it drives. Like a bumping, gritty type noise. I need to put two studs back in, but how would I get the other two out, because they snapped them? And where would I go to buy new studs? Thanks.
Old Aug 17, 2001 | 09:04 AM
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Originally posted by YamahaRyder
Tire Kingdom, when removing my tire, snapped two of the suds off. Now my car makes a HORRIBLE noise when it drives. Like a bumping, gritty type noise. I need to put two studs back in, but how would I get the other two out, because they snapped them? And where would I go to buy new studs? Thanks.
Are you currently driving with only 3 studs on one on your wheels? - I wouldnt do that for long. Studs are like $2 a piece at any Nissan dealer.
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