I was in the process of trying to change my parking brake shoes on my 2009 Hyundai Elantra when I accidentally snapped off a bolt head of one of the 4 bolts required to remove the hub (rear passenger side, bottom left bolt if you are looking at the hub). The other three came out just fine. This style of parking brake is one of those mini drum types on the inside of the rear rotor.
If the axle flange doesn't have threads (and only the hub flange does), I think I may be able to still remove the wheel hub. I tried yesterday by banging the [censored] out of it but had no luck. I'd rather not beat it into a pulp because I want to reuse the hub after working on the parking brake.
My next course of action is to go rent a slide hammer and to just try the other side. That way I can know for sure if there are no threads on the axle flange (and therefore wasting my time on the other side by trying to beat it out with a stuck bolt body still present). I'm also going to get some PB Blaster and see if that helps because I was using WD-40. I think I may have some Kroil around but that will be more of a pain in the butt to apply.
Has anyone snapped off one of the bolt heads while trying to remove a wheel hub? If I try to drill it out from behind the axle flange, there are various suspension components in the way that I'd have to remove even to get a decent angle on the broken bolt. I've never tried that before and wouldn't want a broken bolt on a funky angle to be my first attempt. Any suggestions on what to do next?
If the axle flange doesn't have threads (and only the hub flange does), I think I may be able to still remove the wheel hub. I tried yesterday by banging the [censored] out of it but had no luck. I'd rather not beat it into a pulp because I want to reuse the hub after working on the parking brake.
My next course of action is to go rent a slide hammer and to just try the other side. That way I can know for sure if there are no threads on the axle flange (and therefore wasting my time on the other side by trying to beat it out with a stuck bolt body still present). I'm also going to get some PB Blaster and see if that helps because I was using WD-40. I think I may have some Kroil around but that will be more of a pain in the butt to apply.
Has anyone snapped off one of the bolt heads while trying to remove a wheel hub? If I try to drill it out from behind the axle flange, there are various suspension components in the way that I'd have to remove even to get a decent angle on the broken bolt. I've never tried that before and wouldn't want a broken bolt on a funky angle to be my first attempt. Any suggestions on what to do next?