How hard to change out front rotors on 03?
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How hard to change out front rotors on 03?
I have changed out brake pads before but never swapped out the rotors.
How hard is it change out the rotors on an 03 4Wd?
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Ron W.
How hard is it change out the rotors on an 03 4Wd?
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Ron W.
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madhat did a nice writeup, they are super easy, make sure you have some PB blaster and a BFH.
https://www.dieseltruckresource.com/...ke+replacement
https://www.dieseltruckresource.com/...ke+replacement
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Crap that's an old post...
I use a rubber mallet on the edge of the rotors, if that does not do it, I take the big sledge and this the edges by the studs. Not straight on, but on the sides/top/bottom.
I use a rubber mallet on the edge of the rotors, if that does not do it, I take the big sledge and this the edges by the studs. Not straight on, but on the sides/top/bottom.
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Thanks guys....for some reason I thought I had to pull the hub off (bearings and stuff) to take the discs off..
Looks like I'min for a 3 beer adventure.
Ron W.
Looks like I'min for a 3 beer adventure.
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I use a 2 or 3 foot piece of 4x6 as a battering ram, works on tires, rotors and few other items we won't talk about. A little more forgiving than the standard BFH even though I did break a rotor on a Saturn once with this approach.
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Piece of cake....if you can knock-er-loose
There may be some retaining star rings on a couple of the studs, if so remove them first (if it has never been apart).
My elbow still has tendonitis from 3 week ago when I replaced an axle u-joint from swinging that 5 lb sledge, ouch! I finally had to resort to wailing on a big slug of aluminum placed down in the cooling fin gap. The block(s) of wood just didn't hold up. Went through an entire 8' length of 2x4 piece-by-piece before I switch to aluminum. Finally popped off.
My elbow still has tendonitis from 3 week ago when I replaced an axle u-joint from swinging that 5 lb sledge, ouch! I finally had to resort to wailing on a big slug of aluminum placed down in the cooling fin gap. The block(s) of wood just didn't hold up. Went through an entire 8' length of 2x4 piece-by-piece before I switch to aluminum. Finally popped off.
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Not 2x4, 6x6 is best, 4x6 will do, I don't think I would waste my time with 4x4 even. No hammer at all, just use it like the cops do on TV as a battering ram on the rotor surface... I have even thought about putting handles on my hunk, this has always worked for me, but of course YMMV.
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