Contritely, I plead my case before you. I can't for the life of me get my front rotors off. I've never had this much trouble with rotors before. I'm just glad I didn't destroy them in the attempt, and was able to put the car back together with the old parts. What have I done so far, you ask?

1. Yes, I did remove the hold-down bolt (okay, so actually it broke) and the locating pin.

2. I squirted PBlaster at the wheel lugs, hoping it would get in.

3. I put a big honkin' C-clamp on it, from the back of the rotor to the tip of a lug. It worked SO well on the rears. On the front right, it unseated the lug. Great.

4. I beat the ever-lovin' crap out of it with a three-pound sledge. This was a suggestion from this very board, which worked very nicely on my 1800. Don't worry, I didn't actually hit the friction surface or edge of the rotor, only the center where it interfaces with the hub, because at this point, I figured I might have to reassemble everything. So I didn't hit anything as hard as I did on the 1800.

5. I removed the hub and rotor (had to anyway to get the lug back in) and squirted PBlaster everywhere I hadn't squirted it before.

6. I took a blowtorch to the center where it interfaces with the hub. Then I beat on it some more with the sledge, with the assembly sitting on my basement floor (I sandwiched it between pieces of wood to protect both the hub and the friction surface of the rotor).

7. Amazed and dismayed, I put everything back together.

So here I am. Anyone have any further suggestions before I suck it up and take it into the shop?

-EdM.
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'90 240DL Wagon 'Lola' -- '72 1800ES 'Galadriel'