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Pounding on the rotor does not work well...as you have already found out! The best way to remove the rotor requires three people. Here's how: Jack up the car, Remove the wheel, disconnect the caliper and now you are ready to remove the rotor. As you know the disc simply slips on, but the rust is like weld, so it won't just slip off.
Get a piece of pipe -- 3/4 inch rigid works well. Make it about 5-6 feet long. Have one person sit across from the rotor, have another person on the other side of the car with a sledge hammer and you position yourself under the car lining up the end of the pipe on the back side of the rotor (where the caliper was removed). Now, have sledge hammer guy (on the opposite side of the rotor you want removed) wham the pipe which is tight against the rotor. Have rotor guy turn the rotor about 2 inches, then have sledge hammer guy wham it again. Your job is to make sure the pipe is aligned properly against the rotor on the back side. After about 3 or 4 minutes of this, the rotor will pop loose. I figured this out after about 4 1/2 hours of frustration!
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