370GT With Brembo brakes, annoying stud on rotor. Why? what?

[Nightcrawler]

FYI you don't need that (or any) bolt to remove the rotors. Yes it might make it a tad easier if they are stuck on, but to be honest once the brake calipers are taken off, the rotors come off with a half decent whack or 2 with a hammer. Often they just come off in your hand with little or no persuasion.

[V35_Paul]

Ozzytyres 👎

[Vee37]

On 2/17/2022 at 10:07 PM, Nightcrawler said:

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Yes spacers are a bad idea - MUCH better to get wheels that actually fit and have appropriate brake clearance. Good luck in your search.

 

On 2/21/2022 at 6:58 PM, V35_Paul said:

Ozzytyres 👎

Yeah, I wouldn't trust them. But they did have some cheap tires & wheels (which I checked for reviews on a different/independent web site). Suspicious thing for me is that they allow you to specify exactly the offset you wish. With the spacers so prominently displayed on the walls, I suspect they achieve your requirements using spacers.

Another thing that these guys have and do actually need, is that you can sit in the showroom and watch the work being done through an observation window. At least at Hoxton Park.

 

As for my search, on an unrelated note, found a site that allows you to preview your car with the wheels. But in contrast to the image it generates, my windscreen is not tinted... But I would also add a flat hub-cap to the centers. You can grab the url from the image to have a play.

[The Max]

On 2/20/2022 at 11:41 PM, Vee37 said:

Well, I threw away the one that was taken off (may still be in my trash). Your welcome to the other one. 

As for using the bolt to help remove the rotor, the wheel guy who tested my wheels fitment, thought it was a simple metric bolt you could get at bunnings. Do they have a similar bolt/stud on the rears?

Thanks for the offer but I kept mine after I removed them from the old rotors. They're safely stashed away in my well organised bits and bobs rack.

The rears do not have anything like that because you have the parking brake mechanism sitting within the hub, so there's no point in the bolt having the purpose of helping the rotor off the hub because you've still got to adjust the parking brake shoes to retract them from the rotor's hub for removal anyway.

[The Max]

On 2/21/2022 at 12:15 AM, Nightcrawler said:

FYI you don't need that (or any) bolt to remove the rotors. Yes it might make it a tad easier if they are stuck on, but to be honest once the brake calipers are taken off, the rotors come off with a half decent whack or 2 with a hammer. Often they just come off in your hand with little or no persuasion.

This is true. I just like to avoid things that require me wearing earplugs. Even we drummers value our hearing.