Ok, so I watched a video on youtube of a guy changing rotors and pads. Do the rotors really just pull off that easy once you remove the break calipers? It seems too easy.
They can, but sometimes they don't. I've had to take a mini sledgehammer to a stuck rotor before. That was some fun times. :|
Ok. So these are 83k old, which is amazing considering the 2 driver auto-xing and track time they've seen in 5 years, they'll be a bit of a problem coming off. There are the two threaded 8mm holes to push the rotors off, has anyone done it that way? Or is a rubber malet/mini sledgehammer the best way to do it?
Agree with what matt said. Tho, I lucked out and 3 of the 4 slid off with just light tapping with a rubber mallet. Also, for the rears, make sure you release the parking brake and slacken off the tension on the parking brake cable itself. Otherwise, I don't think the rear rotors will come off.
I did the 8mm holes also, definitely buy those bolts from a autozone bc at that age, I'm guessing they threads will get thrashed when you back the rotor off.
if they don't pull off, do this way. If you open your hood, you look along the sides of the bay where the fenders come up and meet, there should be a couple bolts along that seam. Remove one of those bolts, they're the same pitch as the bolt holes on the rotors. Just screw the screw in, it should pop the rotor right off, then replace the bolt back in the bay. Parking brake release is key...I cracked the shit out of my first rotor change job b/c I didn't know this. I was tightening the bolt through to pop it off and boom...it popped off, only in close to two pieces.
I didn't mention those bolts or the two for the TMIC bc I ended up mushrooming the bolts when I backed out a rotor this way.