Heres the situation,

My brakes went out with a big clunk noise and my pedal went all the way to the floor on my 1994 k2500 6.5 , i got the truck stopped checked underneath, fluid leak and a pad was loose, ok no big deal pad broke and the piston came out of the caliper or so i thought, i go and buy pads and a caliper $150 no big deal... take the wheel off and oh $#%!, half of the rotor is MIA nothing but "fins" on the back side :confused: ... my problem is how do u get the rotor off ? do u have to take the hub off or is it all one piece? i dont know what the deal is... my truck is my primary vehicle, and having no wheels sucks!

thanks in advanced
ZEE

You'll have to remove the front hub bearing, drive out the studs, carefully lift off the rotor (if you have a front ABS sensor in the hub), then repress the studs through the rotor and bearing and reassemble.

Here's the same setup, except, since it's a dually, it has an additional spacer bolted onto the wheel studs http://www.dieselplace.com/forum/showthread.php?t=334868&highlight=rotor+stud

That thread is awesome , dunno why i didn't find it well i was searching , but its got all the info i need, i think, can i just hammer the studs out if im careful or do i have to use a press ? thanks a lot heymccall, Hopefully she will be back in action this weekend... ill post how i made out here

thanks again
zee

For me, to remove the studs, straddle the whole thing on two pieces of wood, studs up, bearing mount down. Hold a steel plate with a pair of vice grips, horizontal over the stud to be removed, and strike the plate with a hammer, 'til the stud pops through, BUT, orient the hub mounting below so it 's corners block exactly 4 studs, and beat out the four that have free passage. Then rotate the hub below 45 degrees and repeat.

For reinstallation, the whole assembly need to oriented upside down from what you just had, and a punch or drift can be used to set 'em home. When I'm in a jam, I simply place it on the spare tire with the stud in the proper holes and drive away, 'cuz if I bend the spare, I may never even notice.

When done, be sure to recheck the wheel nuts after driving 50 miles or less, then recheck often until they no longer feel loose. The lug nuts themselves cannot properly seat the studs. They have to be pressed or driven in.

went to got take the hub off, the bolts (on the back side of the hub) are either really rusted or there 15.5mm , any socket we tried was either too small or too loose ... 15mm would fit but it felt like it was gunna round it off if we tried to break them loose, 5/8s was too loose ....

i really dont wanna round them off , that sounds like a really big head ache