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I'm in need of some direction on this task, Im going to replace the rear disc brakes on a 94 gt.
I ordered the following items. Bacially new rear disc brakes
2 Brembo Replacement Rotors 20.00
Satisfied Pro Oem Pads rear 29.00
Pretty good deal on replacement setup. I do only low speed low mile city driving.

The question that I have is what tools will I need to get the job done.

Also how do I get the old rotor off, it looks like the rotor is just sitting on the lug bolts.

If you can leave me a detailed description

Thanks inadvance

jack rear up, take off tire, use 10mm to take off bottom caliper bolt, slide caliper off, remove pads.
use 14mm socket to get to the caliper backing off, one on the bottom, one on top. slide rotor off. put new rotor on, spray with some de-queel, reverse process, add anti-squeel goop to back of pads, slide in, push caliper (round part) in to give pads and rotor room, tighten caliper bolt, put wheel back on. press brakes a few times.

the toughest part is the top 14mm bolt. its hard to get to, an extension might help, just dont strip it!

This post has been edited by LewFX: Apr 28, 2006 - 12:02 AM

Thanks alot for the tip I was a little confused when I took off the wheel last week I just did not know how to get the rotor off ... Thanks a million

I did not post were i got the parts from. the rotors are on clearance at tirerack.com
so if you need them I would order some 20 is the cheapest that I have found them...


Thanks again for the reply

presoak the bolts with liquidwrench or WD40 over night, and it helps to have a breaker bar,

Nice point I will do that for sure... Thanks

nopi.com is also 20 bux a rotor for brembos

"Also how do I get the old rotor off, it looks like the rotor is just sitting on the lug bolts".
Sometimes rotors can stick to the hubs.
If your rotors seem to be stuck and they won't slide off when there are no more fasteners holding them on
then use the threaded holes in the rotor to insert the appropriate sized metric bolt to force the rotor from the hub. Use all the threaded holes to separate in a uniform fashion.
Mine were really stuck to the rotors when I replaced them last month.

Also I recommend using 6 point sockets rather than the 12 point since some of the bolts may require some effort to turn. 12point sockets have the potential to round off the nut making for a real mess.

Anti-seize compound is also nice to use on the threads and between the rotor and the hub as well as the outside of the rotor and the aluminum rim to prevent them from sticking next time. Just a very thin coat makes a big difference.

Yellow94GT

I just want everybody to know that I did infact get the job done and it was very easy. The hardest part was getting the rotor off. So I went and got a hammer after it. Hit it twice and it was off .. I used some liuqid wrench on it and could not be happier.. I have a new problem now with axles I will make a new post if you can help that would be great. Again thanks to all for the help.