How do I pull the rear rotors on my 2000 F250, I noticed that the inside surface of the both rotors are grooved badly. The outside look fine, only th e inside are grooved. Why would this be?

 

Back off the parking brake shoes inside the rotor like the older drum brake style and they should come off. Might have to persuade them a bit.

 

Do you have drums or rotors? Different procedures for each, and Powerstroker250 is giving the procedure for drums. In any event, there are two common causes for rotor scoring. The first and most common is when the pad is worn down to the point where the rivets hit the rotor. This usually happens on both the inner and outer surfaces at the same time, but can occur on just one side. The second cause occurs when a small hard object gets wedged between the pad and rotor, and scratches the rotor until being finally worn away itself. In this case, nothing will appear to be wrong with the brake system when you get it apart for inspection. In either case, the answer is to pull the rotor for turning on a rotor lathe and replace the pads.

I have rear rotors on my 2000 X, but it's at home today, so I can't tell you exactly how to remove the rotor until tonight. Hopefully, someone else will weigh in with the correct procedure. In the meantime, if it's like the standard Ford front rotor, it is a non-interference slip fit. To remove the rotor, remove the brake caliper and tap the perimeter on the rotor's inner face with a plastic mallet until it pops loose. It should then hang loosely on the wheel studs, and you can pull it off by hand.

 

I have gotten the calipers off o.k., but the rotor will not budge. Do I need to remove the (8) 18mm bolts at the end of the hub (outboard of the rotor) and remove the rotor and hub as one unit or does the rotor just slip off the hub and it just needs a friendly persuasion?

 

Is the hub and rotor one piece? If so, and there are no retaining screws through the hub (not to be confused with the studs), my bet is that all it needs is "a little friendly persuasion". Brake dust and road grime tend to cement it in there pretty good and they can take a bit of persuasion to get off, but that's how the front brake rotors on two older Ford trucks work. If you don't report back by tonight, I'll take a look at the rotors on my X and get back to you. Good luck! Stan

 

It's amazing what one can do with a B.F.H.!!! I had to beat the H*!# out of them, but with the hammer and some liquid wrench they finally came off. Thanks for the help All!!!

 

Sweet!!!

So why was the rotor scored?

 

Powerstroker250 is giving the procedure for drums.

No, I was giving the procedure for the rotors. Our parking brakes are inside the rear rotors.