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replacing rotor 2001 xls - 3/19/2005 1:52:19 PM

romy

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I am changing rotors and pads on my montero. Should the rotor come out when you take the caliper off. Or do you need to remove the bearing. I have removed the caliper but the rotor does not want to come out. Any help will be appreciated.

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RE: replacing rotor 2001 xls - 3/20/2005 8:13:39 PM

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You will find the front different from the rear. I can only speak from my 92. The rears may have separate shoe parking brakes so the rotor is a disk and drum combined. This should be easy for you to determine by looking at the design of the rotor. If it has shoe parking brakes you will more than likely need to loosen the parking brake shoes first by the adjuster through the backing plate. You then may need to remove two machine screws that could hold the rotor/drum to the axle, they will be easliy visable on the outside of the drum. Some drums come with threaded holes that allow you to use a small bolt to turn against the axle and separate the rotor/drum from the axle. I usually tap lightly with a hammer to loosen rust as I pull the drum/rotor off.

The fronts will be much different because of the hubs. On mine I determined that the front rotors did not need service so I just hammered and did some filing on the outside edges to remove the rust which also made installing the new pads easier. If there was no metal to metal wear on the rotors you may get by just replacing pads and possibly turning the rotors. But you should use the opportunity to clean the rear parking brake shoes and assembly even if you do not need new rotors. I would not recommend cheap $40 rotors if you plan to keep the truck for some time. The cheap aftermarket ones tend to warp easily. NAPA usually has a choice. When I did my rears last I had to replace one rotor which for the good kind was about $100. I had the other turned for $15. If you had no brake shimmy in the front and the rortors are OK I would just put new pads on. I also rebuilt my calipers for 1/2 the cost of rebuilt replacements using a Mitsubishi OEM kit. It's not hard if you have some mechanical background and a manual of some sort. You will need a hone to polish the inside of the piston cylinder as well as a couple more inexpensive tools. The hard part may be getting compressed air to blow the piston out of the caliper. Get a manual and you will see. When I put everything back together I use anti-seize compound between the rotor and the hub so that removing is much easier, also between the wheel and the hub so they don't rust together. Why do you think you need new calipers?

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