Sigh, plz help the new guy with a brake/rotor puzzle
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Sigh, plz help the new guy with a brake/rotor puzzle
Hi,
I searched high and low but did not see an answer to my conundrum: I need to replace the rear pads and rotors on my wife's 2001 SE60, I wrestled the wheel off--an ordeal unto itself--and I managed to break the rotor loose, after taking the caliper off, of course.
The problem is that the rotor still won't come off. It feels as though it's attached by a spring on the back and no amount of yanking can get it off (contrary to when I was 14 years old when just thinking about Bo Derek did the trick).
I pull on one side and it snaps back into place. Before I go into brute force and cussing mode, I want to make sure that I'm not missing something...although it's hard to fathom what there's to overlook with a blasted rotor. What throws me off is the small bolt (I'll guess it's 10 mm) that I found screwed in the face of the rotor. I have no idea what it's there for and it doesn't seem to serve any purpose. My first thought was that I could screw a longer bolt into it and break loose the rotor (that's how it was done on my Subi) but that didn't do anything.
Anyway, none of this will make much sense unless you've done the job before and are willing to commiserate with some guy who is clueless in Volvoville. We bought the car with 75K on it and as far as I can tell, the pads and rotors haven't been changed in a long. long time. I gotta do the fronts and rears and I'm already spent doing one rear!
I searched high and low but did not see an answer to my conundrum: I need to replace the rear pads and rotors on my wife's 2001 SE60, I wrestled the wheel off--an ordeal unto itself--and I managed to break the rotor loose, after taking the caliper off, of course.
The problem is that the rotor still won't come off. It feels as though it's attached by a spring on the back and no amount of yanking can get it off (contrary to when I was 14 years old when just thinking about Bo Derek did the trick).
I pull on one side and it snaps back into place. Before I go into brute force and cussing mode, I want to make sure that I'm not missing something...although it's hard to fathom what there's to overlook with a blasted rotor. What throws me off is the small bolt (I'll guess it's 10 mm) that I found screwed in the face of the rotor. I have no idea what it's there for and it doesn't seem to serve any purpose. My first thought was that I could screw a longer bolt into it and break loose the rotor (that's how it was done on my Subi) but that didn't do anything.
Anyway, none of this will make much sense unless you've done the job before and are willing to commiserate with some guy who is clueless in Volvoville. We bought the car with 75K on it and as far as I can tell, the pads and rotors haven't been changed in a long. long time. I gotta do the fronts and rears and I'm already spent doing one rear!
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RE: Sigh, plz help the new guy with a brake/rotor puzzle
Do you have the E-brake on?
If so release it the E-brake works by brake shoes using the inside of the rotor as a drum.
If not you may need to adjust the shoes some to slide the rotor off.
If so release it the E-brake works by brake shoes using the inside of the rotor as a drum.
If not you may need to adjust the shoes some to slide the rotor off.
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RE: Sigh, plz help the new guy with a brake/rotor puzzle
Well, there's a first time for everything, as they say. For me, it was to find out that some rotors have e-brake drums inside of them, or something like that. Anyway, thanks for your answer. The rotor practically fell off as soon as I released the e-brake.
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