Help quick! Removing brake rotor

[Kooldino]

I can't remove my rotor to save my life. I'm not even sure which bolts to remove, but I'm trying to remove the ones below in the pic. I can't get them off to save my life. The caliper is already off, but the rotor won't move. :-(

 

[PaulMP3]

MP3moose just replaced his front rotors and pads. Might wanna pm him.

im gonna be doing mine soon, so i will need help myself. This will be my first brake job

 

[APEXistud]

If you're not using an air compressor powered drill it's going to be a b**** to get those off. Sean at Auto R&D made quick work of those bolt, but I'm sure that they had a compressor. good luck man. Try PM Rishie too

 

[jsgolfer]

i don't understand? your rotor or the bolt in the pic? i got the bolt in the pic off by hand with a rachet on one side and a creasant wrench on the other. hit it with some wd 40 or liquid wrench if you still cant. if its your rotor thats stuck, just tap it with a mallet, it will break loose. good luck

 

[saided18]

corret me if i am wrong but to take off you rotor don't you have to take off the knuckle? the knuckle is what the caliper bolts on to. corret me if i am wrong

 

[Jethro_TDot]

corret me if i am wrong but to take off you rotor don't you have to take off the knuckle? the knuckle is what the caliper bolts on to. corret me if i am wrong

Hmm, I dont think your wrong. I have replaced a rotor before
but im not sure for this car (will change it next year =) ).

From my understanding, its one big nut in the center of your
ROTOR. it could be around 26mm - 29mm. (not really sure)

 

[saided18]

well i did my rear brakes and that is how it came out. the front brakes maybe diffrent. but you still have take off the knuckle any way but their might me and extra big bolt in the center.

 

[changedman]

take the center thing off. its under there from what ive heard.

 

[freekwonder]

not with our rotors. take the caliper off, then put a bolt into the small hole between the two lug nuts. turn that nut until it starts to get tight. then hit the oppisite side of the rotor with a rubber mallet. thats what me and my buddy did to get all 4 rotors off.

 

[thewrench]

To get the rotors off completely you have to remove the brackets that hold the calipers, NOT THE KNUCKLE! It's 2 bolts just on the backside of the backing plate.

James T

 

[NRRfrogmanP5]

yeah i think he is right !

 

[mp3moose]

Woah woah

Kooldino, no need to remove those bolts to get the rotor off. Just use a rubber malet. That center bolt does not need to come off. I had a little trouble with one rear one, but I just wedged my wrench inbetween the rotor and metal bit behind it and it came right off.

Those bolts in the picture are for the strut. Which I don't know why you have black stuts, I guess you painted them. Anywho, good luck with this and PM me if you any more questions.
Moose

 

[Equinox]

yeah don't touch those bolts, just take the two bolts on the back of the caliper off, to release the caliper, when the caliper is off, do not let it hang by the brakelines, put somethign just under it, high enough that you can rest the caliper on without the brakeline being taught, like an upside down bucket. then the rotor can be pulled right off the hub

 

[Little Beavis]

BINGO. . .

^^^^^^

What he said. . .
So, whatcha doing, Dana?

 

[y0sky]

I think once you get the caliper off by removing 2 bolts on the back side the rotor just comes off. Hit the rotor with a rubber mallet to get it off.

 

[Kooldino]

Moose - my struts are blue...i robbed that pic from the forums somewhere.

All - ok, I didn't remove those two bolts (i actually couldn't turn them to save my life)

At the time I posted, I had the caliper off already, and I just needed to get the rotor off. After beating the crap out of it with a hammer for some time, wedging it, lubing it, etc, it FINALLY broke free. It was quite the adventure.

Then I had to move onto removing the stock pads (easy) and replacing them with my new Hawk pads (not that easy). Luckily I had a friend helping me, so he held the caliper while I tried to put the pads in (easier said than done). After much trial, error, and profanities, he discovered that the caliper could easily be pulled apart into two peices. So we could put the "inner" pad in place, put the caliper back together, and then do the "outer" pad, followed by the spring. This made things much easier.

We followed that by putting the new rotors on, putting it all back together, bleeding the system, then we were golden.

 

[Equinox]

is it really needed to bleed the system if you never disconnect the brake lines?

 

[KYMP5]

i just changed my rotors yesterday with some cross drilled ones. The factory ones were held on with a little screw that was sunk in between 2 of the studs. I pulled that out and the rotor basically fell off.

 

[KYMP5]

i also have the hawk pads and they were kind of a b**** to put on but its like that with most new pads.

 

[RAAZ227]

1- remove the caliper by the two bolts in the back.

2- HANG it with a bent clothes hanger. ( hang it on a suspention part)

3- the rotor then can hamered off with a rubber mallet or thread screws into the small holes. If you car is new they will basically pop off with slight hit.