OT: Fookin Macan brakes! Options

[ConeDodger]

My daily is a 2017 Macan GTS. For most things, I do my own maintenance. Just short of 45K miles a brake sensor went off. I took a look at the pads and there was plenty of pad left. 50K miles, I check again and now it needs the pads.

I decided to do pads and rotors and get everything delivered by PMB. Y’all remember that guy right? Well, today I started on the right side and everything went fine until I tried to remove the original rotor. That beeotch ain’t going no where! Heat. Nope. PB Blaster. Nope. Hammer,. Nope.

I rented a big-ass puller from the FLAPS and I’ll regroup tomorrow.

Fook!!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)

[Superhawk996]

The brake rotor pulling tool is the best solution as it keeps all force isolated between the rotor and the hub and doesn’t transfer any force into the bearing. It is the right tool for the job.

Hammering a brake rotor is about the worst thing you can do. If overdone with the BFH (I’ve seen guys use a sledge), you can damage the wheel bearings very easily. Nothing like trading an easy job now for a much harder job down the road. Few people ever make the connection why the wheel bearings failed prematurely. I hate to say this but the mechanics don’t care. By the time the wheel bearings fail, there is usually tens of thousands of miles of plausible deniability between the brake job and the wheel bearing failure. Then they make more money later on the bearing job.

Here’s a better way to avoid the shock & excessive impact loading that causes brinelling of the bearings caused by excessive hammering with the BFH. Still not perfect because it transfers force into the wheel bearing but it’s better than continual BFH beating and quicker too.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWCGm8aueTs?is=ZQ0ExEvAxxJR7TwB

[ConeDodger]

The brake rotor pulling tool is the best solution as it keeps all force isolated between the rotor and the hub and doesn’t transfer any force into the bearing. It is the right tool for the job.

Hammering a brake rotor is about the worst thing you can do. If overdone with the BFH (I’ve seen guys use a sledge), you can damage the wheel bearings very easily. Nothing like trading an easy job now for a much harder job down the road. Few people ever make the connection why the wheel bearings failed prematurely. I hate to say this but the mechanics don’t care. By the time the wheel bearings fail, there is usually tens of thousands of miles of plausible deniability between the brake job and the wheel bearing failure.

Here’s a better way to avoid the shock & excessive impact loading that causes brinelling of the bearings caused by excessive hammering with the BFH. Still not perfect because it transfers force into the wheel bearing but it’s better than continual beating and quicker too.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWCGm8aueTs?is=ZQ0ExEvAxxJR7TwB

Sounds good in theory but the caliper bolts go through the top of the calipers on the Macan. Not the back like older cars. I’ll look and see if there is anything to string a bolt through tomorrow… thanks.

[Superhawk996]

Sounds good in theory but the caliper bolts go through the top of the calipers on the Macan. Not the back like older cars. I’ll look and see if there is anything to string a bolt through tomorrow… thanks.

Ah . . . Radial mount caliper. Disregard for the Macan.

Use the rotor puller it’s the right way to do it.

If by chance the Macan rotor OD is too large for the pulling tool (I was too lazy to look up how the Macan caliper mounted so you know there is no way I’m looking up rotor OD specs vs tool capacity (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif) ) PM me there is another way to do this that doesn’t transfer force into the bearing that I’d rather not put in print for public misinterpretation.

[Chris914n6]

This isn't the rear and you left the parking brake on right?