 Rear Rotor Removal, Need help |
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 Oct 25, 2012 - 11:32 PM
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 Enthusiast  Joined Mar 8, '12 From Hanford/Fresno, Ca Currently Offline Reputation: 20 (100%)  |
I was planning on replacing a stripped rear wheel stud on my 1997 Celica GT Non-ABS. I just can't figure how to remove the rotor? I remember it's something about sticking something through the hole on the face of the rotor. I have replaced a wheel stud on my front drivers side before. Just never worked on the rear rotors before. Anyone think they can help me out on how to remove the rear rotor?
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Oct 26, 2012 - 12:54 AM
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Make sure you don't have the brakes or emergency brake on because you won't be able to get it off. And the same as the front, the caliper and bracket have to come off.
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Oct 26, 2012 - 5:44 AM
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You thread a bolt into the holes on the face. Tightening the bolt pushes the rotor off.
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Oct 26, 2012 - 1:59 PM
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QUOTE (richee3 @ Oct 26, 2012 - 5:44 AM)  You thread a bolt into the holes on the face. Tightening the bolt pushes the rotor off. Nice to know... You don't want to know how I got the rears off of the gt4 rear end when I got it. 
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Oct 26, 2012 - 3:23 PM
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QUOTE (czwalga @ Oct 26, 2012 - 2:59 PM) QUOTE (richee3 @ Oct 26, 2012 - 5:44 AM) You thread a bolt into the holes on the face. Tightening the bolt pushes the rotor off. Nice to know... You don't want to know how I got the rears off of the gt4 rear end when I got it.  |
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Oct 26, 2012 - 11:03 PM
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Oct 27, 2012 - 7:35 PM
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And Toyota, thinking ahead, provided the necessary bolts -- the bolt holding the caliper to the caliper bracket is what fits into the threaded hole in the rotor.
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Oct 27, 2012 - 7:45 PM
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QUOTE (Galcobar @ Oct 27, 2012 - 7:35 PM) And Toyota, thinking ahead, provided the necessary bolts -- the bolt holding the caliper to the caliper bracket is what fits into the threaded hole in the rotor. Mind = blown. The few times I've had to take my rear rotor off, I've had to dig through my Toyota bolt bucket until I found one that fits. -------------------- "Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings, so that you shall gain easily what others labored hard for." -Socrates. Even Socrates told us to use the search button!
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Oct 28, 2012 - 12:51 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Oct 28, '12 From Toronto Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
I have a 94 300zx that i am doing a rear brake job on and i cannot get the rear rotors off. I bumped them
reduce but they only move out about a half an inch. The e-brake is not involved so now i am stuck. Any help? -------------------- |
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Oct 28, 2012 - 3:17 PM
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QUOTE (Kendrick1 @ Oct 28, 2012 - 1:51 PM) I have a 94 300zx that i am doing a rear brake job on and i cannot get the rear rotors off. I bumped them reduce but they only move out about a half an inch. The e-brake is not involved so now i am stuck. Any help? Heat lots of it.... MAP torch or something and a sledge hammer. -------------------- -93 Rx7, Turbo 6.1L v8, 725rwhp/760rwtq
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Oct 28, 2012 - 4:01 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Mar 8, '12 From Hanford/Fresno, Ca Currently Offline Reputation: 20 (100%) |
QUOTE (richee3 @ Oct 26, 2012 - 3:44 AM) You thread a bolt into the holes on the face. Tightening the bolt pushes the rotor off. I don't get it? Thread a bolt into the big hole right? But I don't know which position should the rotor be in? QUOTE (mkernz22 @ Oct 25, 2012 - 10:54 PM) Make sure you don't have the brakes or emergency brake on because you won't be able to get it off. And the same as the front, the caliper and bracket have to come off. Yea I did all that until I got to the hub and noticed it didn't fall right off like the front ones do. -_-' -------------------- |
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Oct 28, 2012 - 10:40 PM
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QUOTE (ILoveMySilly97 @ Oct 28, 2012 - 2:01 PM) I don't get it? Thread a bolt into the big hole right? But I don't know which position should the rotor be in? The bolt goes through a small, threaded hole on the rotor. The large hole, which should come with a rubber plug, is meant to allow you to turn the parking brake shoe adjuster star wheel. If the rotor is correctly aligned with the hole in the hub face, you can turn the rotor so that the large hole is at the bottom and use a flathead screwdriver to ratchet the star wheel. The star wheel moves the shoes in and out. Using the star wheel to back the e-brake shoes away from the rotor makes the rotor easier to remove. As long as you didn't manage to install the rotor so that the threaded hole is above one of the holes in the hub face, which I'm not sure is even possible, the position of the rotor doesn't matter. The bolt will push against the face of the hub. When it's time to replace the rotor onto the hub, be sure to align the larger, unthreaded hole in the rotor with the largest opening of on the face of the hub. This will give you access to the star wheel in order the adjust the parking brakes once everything's reassembled. This post has been edited by Galcobar: Oct 28, 2012 - 10:42 PM |
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Oct 31, 2012 - 10:22 AM
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QUOTE (Galcobar @ Oct 27, 2012 - 8:35 PM) And Toyota, thinking ahead, provided the necessary bolts -- the bolt holding the caliper to the caliper bracket is what fits into the threaded hole in the rotor.  In all seriousness this would have helped me tremendously when I replaced the wheel bearings on my camry/celica. This post has been edited by Araykhel: Oct 31, 2012 - 10:24 AM |
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