Help, can this be a 1 man job?
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Help, can this be a 1 man job?
I am trying to put my summer wheels back on. I have H&R spacers for them because they are S8 wheels.
I put the rear right spacer and wheel on w/out problems. I'm trying to do the front right, and the rotor keeps turning.
Why did the rear rotor not turn, and only the front one?? How can I do this? I don't have anyone to help me, do I need to have someone else there?
If anyone feels like calling so I can get this done asap (before it gets dark, i have no garage), that would be cool. 216-870-2482
poor planning? let's just say i didn't know any better
I put the rear right spacer and wheel on w/out problems. I'm trying to do the front right, and the rotor keeps turning.
Why did the rear rotor not turn, and only the front one?? How can I do this? I don't have anyone to help me, do I need to have someone else there?
If anyone feels like calling so I can get this done asap (before it gets dark, i have no garage), that would be cool. 216-870-2482
poor planning? let's just say i didn't know any better
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Rear didn't turn because of the parking brake...
You have the car in gear? You having trouble putting new spacers on or getting the old wheel off? If it's getting off you can lower the car so it's making contact with the ground and losen each one, jack it up and finish loosening.
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Re: Help, can this be a 1 man job?
Hand brake on probably kept rear rotor from turning.
Get in car and put on the brakes. Block the brake pedal into position with some heavy object.
That may work.
O(r find a neighbor to help. Have the person depress the brake pedal while you put the spacer and wheel on.
Get in car and put on the brakes. Block the brake pedal into position with some heavy object.
That may work.
O(r find a neighbor to help. Have the person depress the brake pedal while you put the spacer and wheel on.
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Re: Rear didn't turn because of the parking brake...
thanks for the quick response. I'm having trouble putting the spacer onto the wheel.
I am not in gear, should I be? Also because the parking break was on, that helped the rear wheel's spacer. Did that damage the parking brake--me hand torqing the spacer on?
My winter wheels don't require a spacer.
I am not in gear, should I be? Also because the parking break was on, that helped the rear wheel's spacer. Did that damage the parking brake--me hand torqing the spacer on?
My winter wheels don't require a spacer.
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Put the car in 1st gear...
then you'll be able to turn the spacer/wheel without the hub moving (very far).
When you put the screws in, just get them snug. You don't torque them down fully until the tire is back on the ground.
When you put the screws in, just get them snug. You don't torque them down fully until the tire is back on the ground.
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Re: Put the car in 1st gear...
Msauve, how is someone supposed to torque down a spacer with the wheel on?
I hear ya on the 1st gear part, but for the final torquing, the wheel has to be off of the spacer to access the lugs
I hear ya on the 1st gear part, but for the final torquing, the wheel has to be off of the spacer to access the lugs
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The spacer...
<center><img src="http://www.performancealloys.com/images/hr_dr_kit.jpg"></center><p>has something separate to hold it? It should have holes which line up with the wheel holes and the hub.
Unless it's not a spacer, but an adapter, which is a different thing altogether, and is used not only as a spacer, but to change the bolt pattern.
The picture is a spacer.
If you have adapters, you should have a second person to engage the brakes so you can torque them to the hub without stressing the drivetrain.
Unless it's not a spacer, but an adapter, which is a different thing altogether, and is used not only as a spacer, but to change the bolt pattern.
The picture is a spacer.
If you have adapters, you should have a second person to engage the brakes so you can torque them to the hub without stressing the drivetrain.
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Re: The spacer...
It's definitely a spacer, H&R.
I am just alone here, and the only thing I can think to do at this point is to put it in gear.
What do they do at the shops when they jack it up? They must have someone hold on to the rotor i guess
I am just alone here, and the only thing I can think to do at this point is to put it in gear.
What do they do at the shops when they jack it up? They must have someone hold on to the rotor i guess