Originally Posted by TJF,Oct 10 2007, 01:19 PM

Um... thats not what a free floating rotor is. A free floating rotor is a two-piece rotor that lets the rotor slide freely on the hat via pins.



Notice how the rotor and the hat on this pic are two seperate pieces. The rotor itself can actually move free of the hat. This allows it to perfectly center itself between the two pads as they clamp down, thereby optimizing heat and pressure distribution.

The reason no one uses them on street cars is because they are noisy as hell since they actually rattle around between the caliper (and they are expensive).

Originally Posted by pemex70,Oct 10 2007, 08:43 AM

I had the same fear when I first replaced my rotors on my05 but VaderS2k is correct.
I bought a few screws from Honda to be safe but I never used them. I used one lug nut to hold it in place while i reinstalled the calipers back and the brakes will hold the rotor while u put the wheel back and in turn the wheel will hold the rotor in place when the brakes are not being used.
Hope that made sense!

I did strip the first 2 screws by hand but then I used a drill to remove them. Sprayed them with a penetrating lubricant (not KY ) and held the drill firmly into the screw and it came out. Could have re-used them but decided not to.