Help with changing rotors

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Mar 24, 2009 | 08:07 PM

Lindy in Dryden

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Help with changing rotors

Hi Everyone,

I am trying to replace the brake pads and rotors on my 03 Ford escape but find it impossible to remove the rotors. Is there something that I am missing? I have tried pullers and a rubber mallet but no luck? Please help.

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Lindy

Mar 25, 2009 | 01:24 AM

bmuhlbach

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they rust on I took a cut off wheel on my body grinder and cut a pc off between 2 studs and center hub and then it came right off

Mar 25, 2009 | 04:36 AM

Dan Robertson

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Sometimes they can be a real bugger to get off. Bigger hammers, grinders, even torches are sometimes needed. When you do get them off, you can make future repair jobs easier by using a liberal amount of never seize lubricant on the hub where the rotors make contact. Up here where I live (Northern Maine), it is the road salt that causes the corrosion problem. It causes real havoc on drum brake hardware too.