need help please

hulkster said:

is there anything besides barke calibers holding rotor on. got caliber off but cant budge the rotor.any help please.

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there should be a bracket that holds the caliper in place it has two or three bolts i think

This is going to sound messed up, but you can do one of two things. First put your wheel back on with the caliper off and kick the tire as hard as you can. If that doesn't work, take your wheel off again and get a hammer/sledge hammer. Hit the outside of the rotor until it comes off. You will have to be very aggressive with it. I wouldn't recommend using the rotor again. After you get it off, clean the hubs really good and you might want to spray them with anti rust paint.

AZSR said:

there should be a bracket that holds the caliper in place it has two or three bolts i think

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i got the caliper off no problem. its the rotor that will barely move. tapped it with hammer like a zillion times. pulled like crazy. all i could get was a tiny bit of movement then it would kinda spring back like it was attached to something. kept trying for like 2 hours. finally gave up. have to go to work. dont know what to do.anyone else have major, major problems with getting it off. ive already searched board and all the advice is pretty much bang with hammer(not to hard of course) and pull off. but that didnt work at all.

midget said:

This is going to sound messed up, but you can do one of two things. First put your wheel back on with the caliper off and kick the tire as hard as you can. If that doesn't work, take your wheel off again and get a hammer/sledge hammer. Hit the outside of the rotor until it comes off. You will have to be very aggressive with it. I wouldn't recommend using the rotor again. After you get it off, clean the hubs really good and you might want to spray them with anti rust paint.

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im a little nervous to take a sledge hammer to it. dont wanna damage anything. but that might be only solution. if i took it to a mechanic what would they do? bang the hell out of it until it comes off, or is there some special trick they can do .dont wanna waist money if theyll just do the same thing as me.has anybodies been this difficult.

cutting torch maybe :dunno:

They would do exactly what I told you to do... If you are worried about hitting it too hard, use a piece of wood between you hammer and the rotor. Remember, you want to be hitting the rotor on the flat surface where the brake pads clamp... Do not use a cutting torch! It will mess up your bearings...

There is a screw hole on the rotor that is supposed to be used to "pop" the rotor off. Get the right size bolt and use that.

Is it the front or the rear rotor?

If it is the rear make sure you don't have the parking brake set. When you said that it sprung back into place it made me thing of trying to take a off a rear rotor with the parking brake set.

If that is all ok then just hit it with a hammer from the back of the rotor. You need a good hammer though like a 32oz or so. Wailing on it with a 14 or 16oz won't do anything but hurt your ears if it is really stuck.

when i did mine 3 days ago, i just hit it with a hammer if you have new rotors then hit them thats what my auto teacher told me to do

Oh, I forgot, don't hit the studs!!!!!