How to remove rear rotor
04-11-2007, 10:02 PM
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How to remove rear rotor i have a 98 ws6 with stock brakes and rotors.im trying to replace both in the rear, but cant get the rotor off.is there a trick or am i just doing something wrong.someone give me some insight
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04-11-2007, 10:13 PM
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You just have to hit it with a mallet or hammer to knock them off. Don't be afraid of it but I wouldn't go to town on it either, just knock it in a few places until it comes loose.
04-11-2007, 11:10 PM
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I forgot to disengage the parking brake on mine and didn't realize that for a while. I wasn't aware that the parking brake held the inside of the rotor like a drum brake until I took it off.
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04-12-2007, 01:14 PM
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Yea I had to hammer and beat the living crap out of my rears to get them off when I replaced them. I was nervous at first too....but i guess sometimes cars just need a good kick in the ***! Literally!! 
05-06-2007, 07:17 PM
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man, I'm having a hard time doing mine too. The e-brake is off. Any other trick I could try, maybe to loosed the ebrake cable somehow, or just don't give up on the mallet? I don't want to hit the rotor with a sledge hammer right lol.
Another thing, in the rotor, the lug hole pattern seems undersized slightly, compared to the diameter of the lug stud pattern diameter. That's normal?
Another thing, in the rotor, the lug hole pattern seems undersized slightly, compared to the diameter of the lug stud pattern diameter. That's normal?
05-06-2007, 11:06 PM
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I've hit them with a 3 lb mini sledge and in many cases, I've knocked chunks out of the rotor before they came off. Just keep at it, you'll get them loose. And, when you put them back on, put a little copper anti sieze on the hub area (not too much, you don't want it to wind up on the rotor facings) and they'll come off easier next time.
05-06-2007, 11:56 PM
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I've hit them with a 3 lb mini sledge and in many cases, I've knocked chunks out of the rotor before they came off. Just keep at it, you'll get them loose. And, when you put them back on, put a little copper anti sieze on the hub area (not too much, you don't want it to wind up on the rotor facings) and they'll come off easier next time.
