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Old Nov 2, 2003 | 05:23 PM
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I'm trying to finish changing rotors on my 99 SS before it gets dark. I changed the front and that was easy. I took the rear calipers, and brackets off and the rotor won't slide off like the front. How does the rear rotors come off? Shouldn't it be just like the fronts?
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Old Nov 2, 2003 | 07:13 PM
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Just like teh front. However, the hub gets really rusty and PITA to get off. If you are changing rotor, use a BFH and whack the **** out of it.
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Old Nov 2, 2003 | 08:03 PM
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You dont have the parking brake on do ya?

It has a drum on the inside of the hat of the rotor that the p/b shoes push against.

Sometime the p/b shoes need to be de-adjusted to slide the rotor off.
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Old Nov 2, 2003 | 09:13 PM
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Originally Posted by wrencher
You dont have the parking brake on do ya?

It has a drum on the inside of the hat of the rotor that the p/b shoes push against.

Sometime the p/b shoes need to be de-adjusted to slide the rotor off.
Yeah, its a MT. I was on a slight hill, so I had the parking brake on. I tried pushing, pulling, kicking, and prying. That thing felt like it was welded on. So, that was it? I'll have to try again next weekend. Thanks!
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I still had to go to the store and buy a BFH (3 lb mini-sledge) to get one of my rears off... I beat on it for a while with a 1 lb rubber mallet and a ball pein hammer (1 lb) and it went nowhere. One whack from a 3 lb hammer and it popped right off....
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Old Nov 3, 2003 | 07:11 AM
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I still had to go to the store and buy a BFH (3 lb mini-sledge) to get one of my rears off... I beat on it for a while with a 1 lb rubber mallet and a ball pein hammer (1 lb) and it went nowhere. One whack from a 3 lb hammer and it popped right off....
REALLY??? I thought mitchntx was joking. I thought BFH stood for "big f@#$ing hammer)! Hopefully next weekend, they come right off after I release the p/b. Thanks.
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Old Nov 4, 2003 | 07:43 AM
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I rarely bullshit, unless you are a dumbass.
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