Brake job day #2 now... Fronts went entirely too well yesterday so I was afraid today would be the pain. And so it is. Trying to get the first rear rotor off and it's stuck good. Caliper is removed, of course, parking brake is off, rotor *should* pop right off, right? As in, no funky "disassemble the whole darn hub/axle/bearings" shennanagens.... RIGHT??

I'm already at the "beat the **** out of it with a sledge" stage but I reeeaaaly hate beating on things underneath 8500 pounds of truck that's only on jack stands.

Hopefully by the time I get a reply the situation will have been remedied, but even so, any tricks/tips/advice?

 

When I had this issue I sprayed some PB blaster around the wheel studs and then hit it good with a large rubber mallet. You could also use a torch around the studs to help the metals seperate and expand.

Just make sure you grease the slide pins and use anti-seize on the bolts.

 

Put another stand under it, soak a rag in penetrating oil and wrap it around where it separates, let it sit overnight, and get a bigger hammer.

 

Well as I hoped got it worked out about 5 minutes after I posted that. I should know by now when all else fails just get a bigger hammer. 20 lb splitting maul did the trick nicely.

 

That's why they call it a "persuader"

 

Another easy trick that does not require pounding or soaking with PB is to use a bolt 3-4 inches long smaller than the hole for the caliper bolt. Take that bolt and put it thru the hole for the caliper bolt and put a nut on the other end of that bolt. Tighten the bolt so that it will make contact with the rotor and keep on cranking until the rotor separates from the hub -- you will hear a loud pop. This works 100% of the time reagrdless how rusted it is and it takes less than a minute to do.

 

Same principle as a puller.

 

thats called a FORD tool

 

+1

This is the EASIEST way to do this.

I spent a couple days of working my way up through larger hammers and eventually a larger man

Eventually I stumbled on a youtube video that suggested this method and it was almost effortless.