I sheared two wheel studs on the driver side rear wheel and bought studs and nuts to replace them. Thought it would be a pretty straight forward job, but am having trouble with the rotor. I was able to get one of the rotor screws undone, but stripped the other one so I drilled it out. Those two should be free now but the rotor isn't coming loose, even with a few love taps from a rubber mallet. The manual says something about inserting a bolt in the one hole to force it off. Has anyone tried this? Also, anyone know what thread and size that bolt needs to be? Is there something else I am missing?

 

The rotor is locked to the hub with rust & corrosion. First thing to do is get a can of PB Blaster and squirt it into the spaces between the wheel studs & rotor, and hub center & rotor. Let it marinate for a while. Next try whacking the rotor with the plastic mallet. If you're lucky it will pop loose at this point. If not, shoot more PB Blaster, let it marinate a bit longer, rinse & repeat.

If they were OEM rotors, you should have 2 threaded holes in them that don't thread into anything under the rotor - IIRC, you'll need an M6x1.0 bolts or they might be M8x1.25, and long enough to get thru the rotor face and push on the hub. So any bolt of those sizes at least 20~25mm long should do. You basically thread the bolts into the 2x holes until they bottom out on the hub, then try tightening each one in turn a little bit more. If it works, you'll hear a satisfying sound when the rotor cracks loose from the hub.

 

That is a great help. I'll give it a try!

Chris

 

Put a pry bar between the back of the rotor and the trailing arm where the caliper bracket bolts to and smack the hub hat of the rotor with a hammer at the same time. This always frees rotors.