How do you change the rear brakes and rotors on a 2000 olds intrigue?
Just did this replacement and, while I can address some issues,
I am not satisfied that the job was successful. Here goes: First,
after securely jacking car and removing wheel, remove calipers and
hang by a wire or twine so weigtht of calipers is not supported by
brake line hose. With calipers out of the way, tap behind rotor
around periphery to remove rotor. This is a tight (and maybe
rusted) fit and takes time and patience. The reason this is a tight
fit is because inside the hub of the rotor is the emergency brake
which is a cable actuated old fashioned shoe brake. The inside of
the rotor acts as the drum. Once the old rotor is off this is all
visible. When mounting new rotor, I had a bear of a time getting
rotor to fit over emerg brake shoes. Seemed no amount of tapping
eventually, hammering, evenly around periphery would move rotor
into place. Emerg brake shoes interfered. Measured ID of rotor hub
where emerg shoes must fit and compared to old rotor- exactly same
diameter. So I have the correct rotor. Eventually a friend came to
my aid and made adjustments to the knerled emergency brake
adjusting knob (at bottom of shoe ring) until rotor finally fit
into place. He finished job and next day I drove the car and found
that the emergency brake shoe must be in continuous contact with
the rotor hub (drum) because the disc is VERY hot and even smells
hot (much hotter on one side than the other). This seemed like it
was going to be as easy as replacing the front rotors and pads
(which I did last year) but, with the enmergency brake coming into
play the rear replacement is more "complicated" than the front. Now
I have to remove the new rotor and fool around with the emerg brake
adjusting knob (it's not really a knob but more a little knerled
wheel that, when turned, appears to grow or shrink the diameter of
the shoe ring. I'm not looking forward to this because it promises
to be a hit and miss proposition. I'm still cruising the internet
for a good set of instructions. In the mean time, hope my
experience helps someone. JH