Brake rotor stuck to hub

Hasn't happen to me in 30+ years. Even Eric from South Coast Auto does it (auto mechanic on youtube, if you haven't heard of him). Maybe some folks are putting too much grease. A light film goes a long way.

 

high heat anti seize works well. It will not liquify. Good for up to 1800°F

 

I will agree that moderation would be a key to success with grease. The one's that failed with grease that I had to fix probably went a little heavy on grease application. On the other hand, I've never had one fail with high temperature anti-seize compound.

Meanwhile, back to getting the original stuck rotors off ...

 

damn, at this point maybe its time to pull the hub off with rusted rotor still attached and have a shop press off the rotors. The worst I've ever had to do was to soak the rotor/stud junction with the good old acetone/atf mixture then apply a blue-tipped ford wrench all around the perimeter followed by a few smacks w/ a 3# ford wrench.

Best of luck to the OP.

 

I tried doing brake job on a pickle factory machine. You think road salt is bad, try vinegar sugar salt wet with pickle juice. Just getting the wheels off, I fought with my 5’ pry bar back and forth for about 30 minutes on each wheel. Then every part was unusable. Springs, levers, backing plate, adjusters all rusted beyond belief. Then the brake line nut was rusted onto the wheel cylinders and wouldn’t come off. Then the other end of the brake line nut wouldn’t come off. Then the bolt that holds the little brake fluid manifold broke off. I finally told them there is no end to it, it could potentially end up being a $7k brake job, and they scrapped it.

 

Got them off today and brake job is done! Used the OTC 6980 rotor puller. Worked great. Thanks for the help and input