***Knowledge Test***
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I say give them and others another chance before surrendering the answers.
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Lead foot.
yeah.
well my guess was already guessed, taking them out to insert a longer bolt to release the hubs, is the primary purpose to keep the threads in tact?
I changed my rotors last weekend, and my car didn't have those in em, we tried inserting a bolt but it was all rusted out and didn't grab, had there been those screws in it i'd be more intact....
that and maybe to help balance the rotor are my only guesses....
I changed my rotors last weekend, and my car didn't have those in em, we tried inserting a bolt but it was all rusted out and didn't grab, had there been those screws in it i'd be more intact....
that and maybe to help balance the rotor are my only guesses....
No you can do the same on disc brakes, my rotor was rust welded to the hub too over 20 hard sledge hammer hits to get it off.
I assume under the screws are tapped holes that you can use to avoid beating the s**t out of it w/a sledge.
right... but the screws go into the hub... so... if you put longer bolts in... you will run into the spindle...and end up removing the hub fro the wheel bearing...
I dunno not on my car..... it doesn't continue into the hub....
we are talking about 2 different sets of holes then...
the holes that the screws come out of... are only there to hold the disc to the hub...
there is another set of holes... and yes... they are tapped into the disc.. but not the rotor..
im only refering to the one set of countersunk holes
the holes that the screws come out of... are only there to hold the disc to the hub...
there is another set of holes... and yes... they are tapped into the disc.. but not the rotor..
im only refering to the one set of countersunk holes
This case is so rare, which is why most rotors do not have these holes. As I've said, this may be a secondary (and useful) purpose, but that's not why Honda put them there.
Rotors come balanced from the factory.
Let me give a big hint. Excluding the possibility of a stuck rotor, leaving these screws out will have no negative impact on the owner of the vehicle, technician of the vehicle, or vehicle itself.
to bolt the car down during transport w/o the wheels on? LoL i have no clue anymore
This is actually close enough to the answer that I'll go ahead and reveal it.
Those screws are assembly line screws, which are used to hold the rotor onto the hub while the car is being put together on the assembly line. Once the car is put all together, they hold no significant purpose. This is why drilling them out was not that bad of an answer. Other companies use different assembly line processes, which is why they don't have these screws in their rotors.
hooked_on4, you get to ask the next question!
Ahh I had a feeling it was something goofy like that, I don't feel i got it correct though but I'll try to think of something good.
Nothing comes to mind since I don't consider myself any level of tech expert, so let me marinate on this for a lil bit
Nothing comes to mind since I don't consider myself any level of tech expert, so let me marinate on this for a lil bit
Anything is better than nothing! Even if it's answered in just one post, it'll keep this thread going a bit longer.Nothing comes to mind since I don't consider myself any level of tech expert, so let me marinate on this for a lil bit
I'm gonna try and thing of another, too.