my car is all jacked up outside, and i got the whole brake asembely off with out too much fuss, but i can not get the darn rotor off! i wacked that thing with my hammer over 50 times very hard, and it will not budge. i am getting really upset, and now i can not even use my old rotors because of all the marks i put in it from my hammer. HELP ME ASAP!!! thanks guys...

Chris
CRC

 

there should be a threaded hole on the rotor itself that you can screw through the rotor and push it off the hub. Not sure about size but it should be between 10 & 14mm

 

you did bust loose and remove the big 33mm nut from the end of the axleshaft, right?

 

No need to remove the big nut from the axle shaft. (it is a 36mm nut not 33 mm.)

Use M10 bolts (front) or M8 (rear) to screw in the rotor and push them back from the hub.

 

I just did all my brakes 2 weeks ago. I had a hard time getting off the rotors as well because they were on there for almost 50,000 miles. I got them off by first spraying liquid wrench (WD-40 should work) into the 2 threaded holes on the rotor as well as around all the wheel studs and the center of the hub that sticks out through the rotor. I then let it sit a over night (a few hours may be all that is needed) and then just hit them from behind with a hammer. They all came off with just one hit. When I looked at the hub, the liquid wrench had penetrated behind the rotor and loosened it for me. Hope this helps

-Chris

 

ah, finaly got them off...didn't have time to wait over night, so i sprayed and waited 20 mins and hit the rotor as hard as i could many many times... on one of the hit's i saw sparks! i was affird that the wd-40 would catch fire! . but after hit it like literaly 50 times, it finaly broke loose. yay! thanks guys.

Chris
CRC

 

hate to see your warped hammer beaten rotors.......

if you cant get the threaded bolt trick to work, you just buy some eye bolts and thread those in there....then attach a chain and yank for all its worth. Works for the chevy/nissan dealership......it will work for you......

 

remember...show those rotors some love

 

Whoa there newbie. H'yell no do you have to take off the axle nut (whish is not 33mm, but rather 36mm) to remove the rotors.

Chris, just head out to a hardware shop and pick up nuts of the corresponding thread pitch and diameter of M10 and M8. Or, just head to your Nissan dealership. They'll have the bolts, but you'll pay about 3 times as much for the same bolt. Just a hint, you have an M10 in your engine bay. It's on the top of the passenger side upper engine mount.

Also, to prevent this in the future, clean, then anti-seize the hub.