Rear disc removal on 240sx

[driftin8ez]

is there anything i am missing on how to take of the rear rotors. All i did on the front is take off the caliper and braket and the disc just slide off. I did the same for the back but the disc doesn't seem to want to come loose.

[keepingthe240]

The rears are rarely changed.....front brakes wear out more often. Try getting 2 screws to put in those 2(12mm?) holes. If not, try tapping on the rotor(on the center part) with a hammer in a circle.

[santi]

hammer .. your swaping it out anyways.. hit it one time if your positive you have everything off .

[Touchdown038]

Yup, you just have to overcome the rust that has accumulated on the back of the rotor where it touches the hub. The two screws will do it if your rotor has them, or you can just use a rubber mallet.

[driftin8ez]

no screws so i guess i will have to hammer the rust of it.

[santi]

werd

[Structure240sx]

use the biggest hammer that you can get in there with. my left rear didnt want to come off with the little hammer i was using. grabbed a bigger heavier one and banged it of

[keepingthe240]

it's got 2 holes for the screws (bolts). Problem is you need to get the right sized bolts.

[santi]

i did my rears last weekend they didnt have the screw holes .. and the replacements didnt either .. but i didnt have a rust problem so i slipped them off wit my hands . but yeah no holes on the rear disc onna s13 i think.not mine atleast

[driftin8ez]

i just hammered the center in a circular movement. sure enough it came off. a similar things happens to a rim if it is on there for long enough. I finish my q45 upgrade along with replacing my rears. Thanx for the help

[C-Kwik]

This tends to be a chronic problem on many cars, especially once it starts. Before putting the rotor back on, I would take a wire brush to it to remove any larger particles of rust. Perhaps even loosen any surface rust. Then clean it up with a good solvent(brake cleaner works fine). Once dry, you can take some anti-sieze compound and spread a very thin layer all across the face of the hub. Then repeat all this for the inside of the rotor if you are reusing the old rotor. The center of the hub tends to need the most attention as well. The wire brush should be used a little more there than anywhere else. This made it much easier to remove the rotor, the last time I had to.

[Projex240]

also--some folks forget to take off the ebrake--thatll hold em on REAL well. I soet 2 hours one day trying to get those suckers off until my buddy starts to laugh out loud--reaches in the car-pulls off the ebrake, and then damn thing falls off in my hands. I was pissed.

[santi]

OMGGG HAHA dude thats funny.. and my boy with a 93 civic si was doin his rears in my yard and hes screaming at them b/c they wont come off and i did the same thing.. ebrake . thats comedy.. but i cant say i havent done it either .. my mr2 almost gave me a stroke when i couldnt get them off.. i'm glad i figured it out though