I have this thing sticking out on the front rotor. It won't let my new after market rim go on. Can I remove it? What is it for?

Chris

 

I think they are for preventing the rotor to move, but I could be wrong
I removed them in order to install my Volk GT-C's and there has been no problem at all...
Take them off... no biggie

 

That is so you can not rotate the OEM tires/wheels. if you look on the back of your Front factory wheels there is a spot that it fits on to. it will not hurt anything to remove it

 

not only will it not hurt, but obviously you have to.

its easy to remove, no thread lock on it or anything.

 

Well, it COULD hurt if some flunky greasemonkey tries to rotate your tires the way he isn't supposed to! If you take it off, he would be able to do so. With it on, it is FOOL-proof.


BTW, "The Flunky Greasemonkeys" would be a good name for a punk band!

 

Just out of curosity, Why shouldn't you rotate the fronts to the rear and visa versa?

I know the tires are different sizes.

 

That is why you can't rotate the tires from front to back (different tire sizes). You also can't rotate them right to left since they are directional tires (i.e. they are only suppose to rotate one way and not the other)

You can of course, remove the tire from the wheel, turn it around and put it back on and THEN rotate it right to left.

 

I believe this bolt is for removing the rotor. Take out the bolt and spacer. Reinstall bolt and tighten to pop rotor off.

 

No, Chazz is correct, it's so you don't rotate the wheels/tires incorrectly.

 

You answered your own question. :-)

 

My Aussie spec trac doesn't even have the anti - flunky bolt so go for it.

 

If you have staggered tires like we do, you will have some really unpredictable handling if the big tires are on the front and the little tires are on the back. My 91 MR2T had a bolt like that, but you couldn't remove w/o screwing up the rotor. Several people have taken it off when they put on custom tires and wheels. They maintained the stagger, front=smaller tires/wheels, and vice versa.