Question about removing the rear rotors.

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I did a search on this and didn't find anything. Sorry if it's aready been asked.
I bought a set of rotors, front and rear. The fronts were a piece of cake, only took a couple of minutes to swap them. But the rear rotors don't seem to want to come off. I hit the hub and studs with some PB Blaster and I even used a large gear puller on them and couldn't get them to come off even a fraction of an inch. No, I didn't have the e brake on either. Is there some trick to getting them off? Looking at the new rotors, it looks like they should just pull straight off. Am I wrong? Any tips or advice will be appreciated. Thanks!
 
When I changed my original rear rotors I had the same problem. I used wd-40, a rubber mallet and still they would not come off. Eventually after a couple hours of spraying and hitting, I finally kicked them off with my shoe. Make sure you have your car on jack-stands and keep working at it.
 
Thaks guys! I guess I'll just have to keep at them until they give up. I thought for sure that gear puller would have done the trick though. It can put a lot of force on it. Maybe I'll try it again with the impact gun.
 
I dont want to sound like capt obvious,
I havent done rear brakes on my FX yet, but the screw out on top ( 1 o'clock position) needs to come out right?

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No, that is just a rubber plug, access hole for adjusting the parking brake.

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Just keep pounding on the rotors from the front and rear until they break loose. The rear rotors on my G almost never came off.
 
Had the same issue, rubber mallet or hammer to wooden block was not doing the job, had to go metal to metal and it came loose.
 
beat the hell out of it with metal to metal, once it loosens up a little it'll come off... if it has slight wiggle but still don't come off then you could have an issue of severely worn ebrake & a ridge on the inner drum, if that was the case remove that plug & loosen up the ebrake adjustment, but this could only happen if you drove for an extended period with the ebrake engaged, unlikely this is your issue, more likely just rust at the hub locking it in place...
 
I didn't want to go metal on metal, in case for some reason I had to reuse the old rotor. I'm gonna try it again on Friday. I guess if I have to use the sledge hammer to get it off, then that's what I'll do.
Just having the fronts replaced did cure the squealing sound when I'm backing up, so I'm happy about that. I'll post some pics when I get the rears swapped.
 
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