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  1. drftfan

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    #1 drftfan, Mar 26, 2013
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    Starting my cv boot replacement but when I took the wheel off I only have a solid brake rotor. I assume the nut is behind it but I thought the nut held the rotor on?
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    #2 drftfan, Mar 26, 2013
    Answered. Thanks Fred
     
  3. WATSON

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    #3 WATSON, Mar 26, 2013
    For the rest of the community who does not have access to your PM, I assume your answer was...

    Remove brake caliper...then press off the disk. Correct?
     
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    #4 drftfan, Mar 26, 2013
    Ha ha yes exactly.
     
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    #5 WATSON, Mar 26, 2013
    :)
     
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    #6 roadracer311, Mar 27, 2013
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    #7 348Jeff, Mar 27, 2013
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    Jamie - I think your car may be an early one like mine so you don't need to remove the rotor etc :)

    Ernie very kindly PMd some instructions as per below:


    Just for reference (but as menioned above irrelevant in this case) this is what yours will look like with the caliper and rotor removed
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    #9 drftfan, Mar 27, 2013
    Yes mine is the early build. By three cars... Lol.
    Ok good to know. Any idea what size the Allen socket is?
     
  10. 348Jeff

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    #10 348Jeff, Mar 27, 2013
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    I'm afraid I don't but easy enough to check if you have a set of allen keys -just remove your air box and they are quite visible
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    #11 fjb, Mar 27, 2013
    Leave the wheel on,
    jack up the car
    rotate the wheel to access all bolts
    Hold the wheel (drop the jack until contact)
    Use a breaker bar
    "break" each bolt
    jackup the car
    turn wheel repeat

    Then go back and remove all bolts
     
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    #12 drftfan, Mar 27, 2013
    I am wondering if this axle has ever been apart. I got one bolt out and the others are just tight as anything I have ever seen. I am now just spraying pb blaster all over the bolts to loosen them up hopefully
     
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    #13 stevew3765, Mar 27, 2013
    DAMN! that whole assembly looks brand new.
     
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    #14 drftfan, Mar 27, 2013
    Do I have to remove the entire axle to do the outer cv boot?
     
  15. roadracer311

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    #15 roadracer311, Mar 29, 2013
    Thanks. I bought it three years ago with 124 miles on it. It's never been driven in the rain. Has 5,600 miles on it now, but still looks like this.
     

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