How do you remove a stuck on brake rotor on a 1998 Ford Contour or Mystique?

Answer 1

some times you have to heat up the rotor to get it off but dont beat it to hard or u may end up buying a new wheel bearingAnswer

I did this with a hammer.. it was fused on.

It took 3 grown men 1 1/2 hours to smash the thing until the rotor came off in pieces..

This also resulted in the bearing coming off (unexpectedly) which I had to repack in grease myself.. after that I had to take it to a service station because I must have got some dirt in it and the bearing went bad 6 months later..

good luck//

I would splash water around the studs it will run down and around the studs then hit it with a hammer between the studs hard it will pop off. remember water won't compress you may have to do this 2 or 3 times.

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[Fr0stByte]

if hitting it will not help. sometimes its to stuck to the rotor that u can keep on hitting it till the bearings are damaged there is a quick solution that will solve it.

take u angle grinder. a small one will do. mines was 12 euros at a d.i.y.

cut next to the midsection of the disc [midsection is the part with the rotor inside and the bolts sticking out] from top to bottom.

even if u cut it half trough it will snap off when hit with a hammer.

now you have the disk with a flat side on one side. that will enable you to get your grinder up close.

now cut the the side of the disc in the now open side. and a not to deep cut from side to the center of the rotor. not touching the rotor of course

once done turn it and bang the top part hard and then turn to bang bottom part once.

this will most likely slit it towards the middle [remember this is made of cast-iron]

now u can gently tap the disk off.

if done carefully you will not have touched the rotor and you will not have banged the bearings to kingdom come..

good luck

I agree to all of the above - except I didn't try the water trick.

Beat it and then beat it some more - heat: no luck.

Angle grinder? YES!!!