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Old 05-22-13, 11:26 PM
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Default IS350 caliper upgrade! Need help!

Does anyone know how to remove the brake dust shield cover?! I took out all the bolts and still can't seem to remove the shield...
Old 05-23-13, 01:53 AM
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You have to remove the hub to remove the brake dust shields. If you removed that already, then just pry at the shield. It's probably caked on, and needs a little elbow grease to get loose
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ooo i see... how do u remove the hub? lol
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It's much easier to just cut a small portion of the dust shield and then bend it a bit instead of removing the hub. Unless you already spent the money on the 350 shield

BTW: I've done my previous IS250 and a couple of friends and thats the way I've done it every time.
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I ran into this problem when I was doing mine. It is impossible to remove the wheel bearing to install the dust shield without damaging it. I tried wd-40, prying it off, and yanking it out with the wheel back on. I eventually gave up and just trimmed the dust shields with a snip.
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The hub is holding by 4 bolts on the back, you need to disconnect the speed sensor as well.
Old 05-24-13, 03:57 AM
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Originally Posted by B16da9
It's much easier to just cut a small portion of the dust shield and then bend it a bit instead of removing the hub. Unless you already spent the money on the 350 shield

BTW: I've done my previous IS250 and a couple of friends and thats the way I've done it every time.
I'm one of those friends lol
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so in order for me to remove the hub... i needa bring it to a shop huh? :/
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Originally Posted by DaNiELx626
so in order for me to remove the hub... i needa bring it to a shop huh? :/
Don't need to take it to a shop, you'll just need the proper tools.
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