Front Rotor Removal
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From: colorado
take off the wheels, remove caliper (2 bolts) remove caliper mounting bracket (2 bolts) and the rotor should just slide off (they are floating rotors), if they dont come right off you may have to hit them with a rubber malet. upon re-installing the calipers make sure to check the position of the caliper pins, they are "keyed" and have to be put back in the proper position.
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From: woburn,mass USA
I just did my rear rotors.I did the fronts about a year ago and i had a hard time removing the old rotors.I used a rubber hammer at first with no luck.A 3lb dead blow hammer did the trick.They use a lot of salt here in New England which doesnt help.
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From: WARRINGTON, PA
yup, you will probably have to beat the crap out of the front rotors to get them off sometimes. if you are replacing the rotors, you dont have to worry where you hit them, if you are going to cut the rotors, carefully beat the crap out of the edges of the rotors to get them off. spray some CRC through the wheel studs to try and free them up..
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From: Dundas, Ontario
When you replace the new rotors, put some never sieze on the back and around the middle where it makes contact with the hub. Every time I rotate the tires I make sure I move the rotor so it will come off when its time to do a brake job. This will save you alot of beating the crap out of rotors. I have seen the rotors on so tight that we had to cut them with a tourch..........not good.......Ô¿Ô
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