rear brake question...please help..
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rear brake question...please help..
I'm just about to do the brakes on my 98 GS400 and was wondering what size the socket is needed to remove the rear rotors or is it needed...also, i just read a thread that said there is a spring that is hard to get the rotor off, what do you do to get this off easily...is there a tool or method?????.............thanks...Paul.....
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Originally Posted by p092576
I'm just about to do the brakes on my 98 GS400 and was wondering what size the socket is needed to remove the rear rotors or is it needed...also, i just read a thread that said there is a spring that is hard to get the rotor off, what do you do to get this off easily...is there a tool or method?????.............thanks...Paul.....
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you need after removing of pads a 17mm socket to remove caliper , then use a rubber mallet and tap all around the circumfrance.. it will just pop off .. so use a steering wheel puller and insert into the 2 small holes and that pushes the rotor off but when you go aftermarket rotors most of the time you will no longer have the holes so a little liquid wrend sprayed around the center hub area and a good rubber mallet will do the trick
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For the GS....
Fronts are easy....rears are a bit harder.
For some reason....i read ppl using 7mmx1.0 bolt....and some other using 8mmx1.25 bolt to remove the stock (OEM) rotor.....well....none worked...I even bought 8mmx1.0 bolt......so I relied on sledgehammer.
To remove caliper....17mm. Two (2) bolts holding each caliper in place.
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Fronts are easy....rears are a bit harder.
For some reason....i read ppl using 7mmx1.0 bolt....and some other using 8mmx1.25 bolt to remove the stock (OEM) rotor.....well....none worked...I even bought 8mmx1.0 bolt......so I relied on sledgehammer.
To remove caliper....17mm. Two (2) bolts holding each caliper in place.
Pete
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just did my pad and rotors last night. Man were the rears on there tight. I had to use the bolt method, since even a 2lb metal hammer would not knock them loose.
I dread the next time I have to change those rotors, since the aftermarket ones I bought do not have those screw holes.
I dread the next time I have to change those rotors, since the aftermarket ones I bought do not have those screw holes.
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just did my pad and rotors last night. Man were the rears on there tight. I had to use the bolt method, since even a 2lb metal hammer would not knock them loose.
I dread the next time I have to change those rotors, since the aftermarket ones I bought do not have those screw holes.
I dread the next time I have to change those rotors, since the aftermarket ones I bought do not have those screw holes.
Yah...i had to break out the sledge...and still that was not enuff....I had to use the stock jack and put a shim against the coilovers....and slowing put pressure from behind the rotor....then wack it hard on the opposite end of the hub...it just pop right off...no damage to coilovers.
Pete
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