Rotor installation

[blk_srt]

cant wait to see pics

[defiancy]

Yeah to get them off, take the caliper and all that crap off. And then just tap them off witha hammer. If you plan on saving them for some reason you can put down a cloth or towel where you hit the rotor at witht he hammer. If you are just going to trash them, just beat the hell out of them with the hammer.

[david-b]

So there's nothing that holds the rotor on? It just sits there?

[blk_srt]

most of the time that is nothing but sometimes there is one maybe 2 little allen bolts but IIRC yours are just"sitting" there

[gthompson97]

Well technically the rim holds it on but no, nothing actually "holds" the rotor in place such as bolts and/or nuts. Pull off the rim, remove the caliper, pull off the rotor, that's all you should have to do. It should be a breeze if the rotors were just taken off a year ago.

[Eagalicious]

What kind of rotors did you purchase? Just curious. I will be replacing mine soon. I bought the car in 1997 and haven't had to change yet. It is definatley time.

[rock0134]

A lot of the time on 97's and newer you need to get like an 8 mm bolt and screw in in tight in the holes next to the studs.. there is two to do and when you tighten them they release a type of lever holding the rotor on.

[NateS]

I replaced my rotors on my car awhile ago and it was extremely easy. Mine is a 95 and the rotors were just held in place by the rim. The hardest part was compressing the pistons to get the caliper with the new pads back in place. I actually just did this for a friend last night on his cavalier. His had a single piston and I could not compress it by hand. If you run into this problem or just want and easier way to do it I suggest you use a bar clamp. YES! A bar clamp. Its deffinatly "rigging" but it works wonderfully. Just make sure you have something flat over top of the pistons so you don't damage them and just screw the clamp and it will compress the pistons like nothing.

[david-b]

I've always used a C-clamp to compress the pistons on the cars/trucks I've done. Really easy to do. I dont think anyone can do it by hand unless the brake lines are dry. I should get them in sometime this week. I can't wait to do them.