cyclecrazy55

I got 80k miles on my rear rotors and have decided that they need to be changed. I removed the wheel and calipers and found the rotor looked different that the front. It had a dome-like disc covering the hub of the rotor. How does the rotor come off?? Do the 2 holes in the rotor where a bolt looks like it could be inserted have anything to do with this? Any tips would be helpfull. Thanks.

kcowden

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Apparently the rotor and bearing assembly are one unit. This is not for the novice mwchanic. There is a large nut with a cotter key under that "dome" and the two bolt holes are where you insert two bolts and screw them in equally to remove the rotor assembly. Long & short... take it to a professional. The problem is you have to repack the bearings and torque the retaining nut... to tight you burn out your wheel bearings, to loose you destroy your rotor hub and your wheels fall off while driving. Good luck

cyclecrazy55

Ouch,
Thanks for posting before I ran into a whole bunch of headache.