can somebody tell me how to get my stinking rotors off? i have a 95 k-3500 4x4 and i am going nuts trying to get my rotors off of this thing. is there some kind of magic trick or special tool to get these things off or am i missing something. any help would be a blessing.

Took the bolts out that hold the hub on the back side of the knuckle right? After that, are you replacing the rotors? If so, BFH time. They pretty much get a nice rust build up and dont like to come apart. If you are not replacing the rotors, sometime you can get a chisel down between the hub and knuckle.

i didnt see bolts where are they located?

If you go to the CV boot side of the axle at the knuckle, in front and behind there are 2 bolts for a total of 4. They are 15mm head if memory is correct.

Not sure if you will be able to see this, but if you can, its Bolt 116 in the pic. They only show the 1, but there are 4


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i am replacing rotors seems local inspection station thinks they are too thin so i decided to do it myself and try to save about 300.00 so i could use the money to buy a spare pmd to keep in truck in case.

Caliper first, the part that holds the brake pads against the rotor, it has the brake line hooked to it. Look on the back side of the caliper for a couple of 1/2" dia. rubber sleves, inside of the sleve there is a allen bolts, remove the bolts. You might have to wack the allen wrench with a hammer to get them loose. If your truck doesn't have the allen bolts it will have 2 metric hex head bolts. With the caliper bolts removed, lift the caliper up & away, becareful not to dammage the brake line? DON'T remove the brake line. If the rotor is rusted to the hub get the hammer out. If your changing brakes, have the rotors turned at a shop. Good luck!

thanks cobra. i am printing a copy right now. this sure will make my job a lot easier.never expected bolts on backside. who wooda thunk it. thanks again.

np, and I am not kiding about that BFH...lol a min of a 32 oz, but I usually go with my 4lb short handle.

Oh, one other thing, to change the rotor from the hub, you have to drive out all the wheel studs. When going to reinstall the studs in the hub, take the old rotor, lay it with the so that the backside of the rotor is on the floor. Take your hub and line up the holes with the old rotor holes, put your new rotor on the hub, line up the holes, this will allow you to drive the studs back in, without trying to come up with some way to space the rotor off the floor and driving the studs into the floor. Also when putting the studs back in, kind of rotate the stud till you feel the splines line up with the old spline marks in the hub, makes it easier to drive the studs back in.