Brake Job Didn’t Go As Expected

[luke87gt]

Whoops, accidentally posted this in the 5th gen forum. Mods can you help move here? Thank you.

https://www.toyota-4runner.org/5th-gen-t4rs/287714-brake-job-didn’t-go-expected.html

 

[montijo505]

Give 'er a good whack with a small sledge lol. I have a 3lb sledge that has never let me down. Got it for about $20 at Lowe's. Worth it.

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[JuniorPigeon]

Give 'er a good whack with a small sledge lol. I have a 3lb sledge that has never let me down. Got it for about $20 at Lowe's. Worth it.

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This. And re-install with anti-seize after cleaning it up lol.

 

[Inv4drZm]

Have you tried threading 2 bolts into the jacking locations on the rotor and using those to push the rotor off? I had to do that for both of mine and it basically destroyed some of the parking brake parts but a rebuild kit was in stock at a local parts store and fairly cheap.

 

[SumoRerun]

I'll probably be hung, drawn, and quartered for this, but I'm a huge fan of eliminating the parking brake. Living in the rust belt, it gets expensive real quick to start fixing parking brake cables and whatnot.

 

[UrbanRunner651]

If there is a hole there you should still be able to rotate it until they line up.
unlikely that anyone would buy/install a rotor that isn't designed for the vehicle.

But +1 for the 3lb maul and another for eliminating the P brake altogether..
It took me a good hour at least to beat my old rears off and after installing everything new I just left it loose since they commonly sieze. Plus, I've never had an issue with the brakes not holding enough on some pretty steep incline park jobs.

 

[GupsT4R]

3lb usually gets it off...

but there was this one time broke the entire brake disc off leaving the center hat of the rotor still fused to the Hub!

I cut the rotor right down the center but not right thru where the hub was and split it with a cold chisel. Rotor came off in 3 pieces.