Brake Rotor is loose!? - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

AnthonyArcaro · 07-18-2018, 12:07 AM

So I recently replaced my brakes with the StopTexh Brake kit. I installed the brake rotors, pads and braided brake lines as well as flushed the fluid. The breaks ha e no air in them and they feel great.

The other day i took a wheel off just to check the brakes to make sure everything stayed torqued down and noticed that the rotor had a little bit of play to it!? Is this simply because the only thing holding it tightly to the hub is the lug nuts themselves? Or did I mess something up? I made sure everything was torqued down to spec?

mkodama · 07-18-2018, 04:25 AM

If it’s anything like my performance pack rotors, it’s just a snug fit on the hub and they can be moved with the wheel off.

elitegunslinger · 07-18-2018, 06:58 AM

The rotor with have play with the wheel off until it seizes to the hub.

Stang70Fastback · 07-18-2018, 07:25 AM

The only thing keeping the rotor in place once you take off the wheel, is the caliper, which shouldn't be holding it so hard that you can't move it unless it is sticking.

So yes, that is normal.

Tcoat · 07-18-2018, 07:47 AM

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Originally Posted by elitegunslinger

The rotor with have play with the wheel off until it seizes to the hub.

THAT is when the fun begins!

wparsons · 07-18-2018, 07:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Tcoat

THAT is when the fun begins!

Luckily we have the threaded holes in the rotor hat to insert a bolt and push the rotor off the hub.

Tcoat · 07-18-2018, 07:54 AM

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Originally Posted by wparsons

Luckily we have the threaded holes in the rotor hat to insert a bolt and push the rotor off the hub.

In theory. Most rotors have them but I have come across ones on some junkers I drove that refused to budge. The car has to have reached a very special level of neglect but it happens.

SuperTom · 07-18-2018, 09:25 AM

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Originally Posted by elitegunslinger

The rotor with have play with the wheel off until it seizes to the hub.

Yes to the OP considered yourself blessed that the originals ones were easy to remove. I always put some Anti-Seize on the hub surface when changing rotors

CSG Mike · 07-18-2018, 12:21 PM

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Originally Posted by AnthonyArcaro

So I recently replaced my brakes with the StopTexh Brake kit. I installed the brake rotors, pads and braided brake lines as well as flushed the fluid. The breaks ha e no air in them and they feel great.

The other day i took a wheel off just to check the brakes to make sure everything stayed torqued down and noticed that the rotor had a little bit of play to it!? Is this simply because the only thing holding it tightly to the hub is the lug nuts themselves? Or did I mess something up? I made sure everything was torqued down to spec?

Your wheels hold the rotors right. Without the wheels holding (pressing against) them, they will be loose.

Totally normal.

Ultramaroon · 07-18-2018, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Tcoat

THAT is when the fun begins!

#sendit

D-rek07 · 07-18-2018, 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Tcoat

THAT is when the fun begins!

There is a lot to take in in this picture

Sapphireho · 07-18-2018, 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Tcoat

In theory. Most rotors have them but I have come across ones on some junkers I drove that refused to budge. The car has to have reached a very special level of neglect but it happens.

I've had luck in the past hitting the stubborn ones on one side with the sledgehammer.

venturaII · 07-18-2018, 01:58 PM

Blue wrench and a 5 pound lump mallet.

humfrz · 07-18-2018, 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Sapphireho

I've had luck in the past hitting the stubborn ones on one side with the sledgehammer.

There ya go - a blowtorch + a BFH will take them right off ..

humfrz

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mkodama 86Drive Challenge Join Date: Dec 2016 Drives: 2017 BRZ PP Location: Menlo Park, CA Posts: 104 Thanks: 31 Thanked 65 Times in 40 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	If it’s anything like my performance pack rotors, it’s just a snug fit on the hub and they can be moved with the wheel off.

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elitegunslinger Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2016 Drives: 2014 BRZ Limited Location: NJ Posts: 120 Thanks: 10 Thanked 24 Times in 22 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	The rotor with have play with the wheel off until it seizes to the hub.

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