Rear Rotors

[bjkim88]

Kay, so, I was working on my brakes today, got myself front and rear rotors from R1 Concepts, finally came in. Got the front ones on, then took em for a test run around the neighborhood. All's fine and well in the world.

Then I got to my rear rotors. Took the left rear rotor off fine, took like 20 seconds and a rubber mallet. Then set to work on the right side. Pounded on the sucker for an hour straight, didnt get any more loose.

So I went to the "Sand Mica the Limited" website and looked for tips, God bless that site. Said something about a "screw that is inside" but I couldn't find one, so i looked on the left side, still couldnt find one. I decided to pound away at the rotor for another hour, and then put the stock rotor back on the left side and reassembled.

So, here's my plea for help. Why is that sucker on there so hard?

Rowland Heights/Diamond Bar SoCal borderline, that's where I live, if anyone wants to bring their rubber mallet along and join me for some hammering fun, but, if you guys can gimme some hints, ill try to tackle it myself. God knows I hate that rear right rotor.

[Gadgetjq]

BJ,

Assuming it isn't simply rust holding the rotor to the axle try removing the plug and backing off the emergency brake adjustment.

I don't even know if it can happen with our cars but back in the bad old days of drum brakes at all four corners the shoes could wear into the drum creating a 'ridge' around the outer edge of the drum. The brake shoe could catch on that ridge and prevent removal of the drum until the shoes were retracted manually.

Maybe your emergency brake drum is hanging up removal.

Cheers

[bjkim88]

thanks for the idea. I'll give it all a go next morning. Good thing I had a copy of the Parking brake PDF saved up