how to for rear rotor replacement anyone?, top caliper bolt is covered with red cap? Options

[JDUB]

can anyone give me some tips and things to know. i did notice a red cap insteal of a bolt lile the fronts. anything will help.

[Galcobar]

The caliper braket, identified by Toyota as the torque plate, is what actually prevents you from removing the rotor from the hub.

The bracket is bolted to the backing plate with two bolts, should be 14mm heads, accessed from the rear of the assembly. You can then lift the bracket -- with the caliper still attached to the bracket -- off of the rotor.

The caliper is held to the bracket by one bolt, which you can see, and the rubber pin boot on the other end. The caliper slides on bushings. The exposed bolt holds both a bushing, inside the rubber dust boot, and the caliper to the bracket. The cap you mention conceals the bolt holding the other bushing; this bolt only holds the bushing to the caliper, but does not hold the caliper. Once the exposed bolt is removed, you can slide the caliper off of the hidden bushing. Once the caliper is off of the bracket, you can then unbolt the bushing from the bracket.

Fuller explanation here: http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=84721&hl=

This post has been edited by Galcobar: Jul 28, 2012 - 6:07 PM