The caliper mounting bracket, in 99% of vehicles, needs to be unbolted from the axle before it will release the rotor. There are usually only two bolts holding it. Sometimes you can remove the top bolt, loosen the bottom and swing the mounting bracket out of the way. Sometimes you have to take both bolts completely out and dismount the bracket.
You usually have to take off the brake caliper, then the caliper mounting bracket to free the rotor.
You remove the caliper only to replace pads, and then caliper mounting bracket to replace rotor.
You first remove the caliper, then the caliper mounting bracket. Then the rotor is free.
No fasteners holding rotor on. But you must remove caliper and caliper mounting bracket first.
front or rear are the same. you have to remove the caliper and the caliper mounting bracket. you may have to tap the face of the rotor with a hammer to loosen. on the rears you may have to unadjust the rear parking brake shoes.
* Loosen the wheel lug nuts,raise the car and support it securely on jackstands. Remove the wheel and install the lug nuts to hold rotor in place * Remove the brake caliper dont disconnect the brake hose from the caliper.After removeing the caliper bolts suspend the caliper out of the way with a piece of wire * Remove the brake pads then remove the two caliper mounting bracket bolts and detach the mounting bracket * Remove the lug nuts which you installed to hold the rotor into place and remove the rotor from the hub
The caliper bolts are the long bolts that go horizontally from one side of the mounting bracket, through the top and bottom of the caliper, to the other side of the mounting bracket(if the caliper is supported inside and outside of the rotor, which all the ones I've seen are). The caliper slides on the caliper bolts to adjust to the rotorand usually has expanding dust boots around the boltson both sides of the caliper tokeep the sliding area clean.
Remove wheel Remove caliper mounting bolts Slide caliper off rotor Rotor should slide off hub Remove wheel Remove caliper mounting bolts Slide caliper off rotor Rotor should slide off hub
# Raise and support truck on jackstands and remove tire # Remove the brake caliper.After removing the caliper bolts suspend the caliper out of the way with a piece of wire.On front disc brakes remove the 2 caliper mounting bracket to steering knuckle bolts and detach the mounting bracket.On rear disc brakes the rotor can be removed after the caliper has been removed
To remove the rear rotors from a 2003 Toyota Camry, first, ensure the vehicle is safely elevated and supported on jack stands. Remove the rear wheel and brake caliper by unbolting it from the mounting bracket, then slide the caliper off the rotor. Next, remove the caliper bracket by unbolting it, and then you can slide the rotor off the hub. If the rotor is stuck, gently tap it with a hammer to loosen it.
Remove the caliper retaining bolts from the inside of the caliper. Lift the caliper off the mounting bracket and over the rotor. Slide the old inner and outer brake pads out of the caliper, and slide the new brake pads into the caliper.
Remove wheels Remove caliper mounting bolts Slide caliper off rotor Peel rotor off hub