Rotor Removal

jrecken · #1 10-24-2008, 02:50 PM

I have a 95 Chev K2500 pickup. I replaced the front pads but was unable to get the rotors off. I used big then bigger hammer then a puller and then a torch but could not get them to break loose.
Any ideas on getting them off.
The truck only has 70,000 miles and sets in a garage all the time.

Schrade · #2 10-24-2008, 03:14 PM

Are they pancake rotors? The kind that just push onto the hubs?

I remember once tryin' to get the rear drums off of my '02 1 ton, not knowin' they were the fixed kind of brake drums (what a dumb-butt).

jonnik · #3 10-24-2008, 09:28 PM

I'm fairly sure that this truck does not have the pancake rotors. Did you pop the grease cap off the center of the rotor and remove the castle nut?

jrecken · #4 10-24-2008, 10:52 PM

I have never heard of them called pancake rotors. They are not flat ones but they do just go over the studs. This truck is 4x4, there is no grease cap on it.

Schrade · #5 10-25-2008, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by jrecken

I have never heard of them called pancake rotors. They are not flat ones but they do just go over the studs.

I hadn't heard it either. But I know nothin', and never got a check for gettin' a wrench-on.

So when I asked my local guy a question about mine, he asked me if they were pancake rotors. "Huh?"

That's the kind that just sit on the hubs, not fixed TO the hub.

Pancake???

With a 'bubble', I guess...

jdmccright · #6 10-27-2008, 02:19 PM

I haven't seen them on Chevys but sometimes there are push-on retaining clips on the studs...though this would be obvious I think.

I'd spray liberally with penetrant into the stud holes and around the hub center, then continue with the hammer and torch. Unfortunately, these rotors don't have threaded holes to use to pop them off of the hub face. I personally don't like to use a hammer since excessive use can damage the hub bearings and races. But if needed I think that directing the blows towards the rotor/hub face and not around the edges would be better for preserving the hub bearings.

You could also try a large screwdriver or prybar inserted into the edge vents of the rotor and pull on it that way.

jrecken · #7 10-27-2008, 04:30 PM

Thanks for the response.
I worked on it for 3 days. I used penetrating oil and left it set over night.
then used the torch and bigger hammer and I even tried a puller with no luck.
I guess the only way they are coming off is to remove and replace the hub along with the rotor.
I put it back together until I get the funds to try it again.

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