How do the front rotors come off? Im not at home so I dont have my manual and i need to know asafp. Somebody please either tell me how or point me to a tech article somewhere....

Much thanks in advance...

 

Take the wheel off, take the caliper off, take the caliper bracket off if it's a 1LE, pull the dust cap off, pull out the cotter pin, remove the castle nut and pull the rotor.

 

Well you have to do the obvious and remove the calipers and pads first. Then you will need to remove the dust cover cap over the center of the rotor, you will need to pull out the cotter pin and remove the castle nut. Now the rotor should pull right off. I suggest you repack both the inner and outter bearings while you have it all apart. To reinstall just do this in reverse. Make sure not to over tighten the castle nut when reinstalling. Basically tighten it up till the nut seems tight and give it another say 1/2 turn. You don't want to over tighten these or you will kill the bearings. The rotor should spin somewhat easily. HTH

 

Yeah, torque spec for that castellated nut is only 12 ft/lbs. As you tighten the castellated nut to spec, spin the wheel forward. This helps get any crap out of the bearings (like metal pieces, etc). When you hit torque spec, loosen the castellated nut a bit. Then tighten it hand-tight. Look for the holes to stick a NEW cotter pin through. If you can't find any holes, back the castellated nut off a bit. Like Kaz said, DON'T try to find a hole for the cotter pin by TIGHTENING the castellated nut!!! You'll seize the bearings!!

And I guess you know, too, not to get any grease on your rotor- if you do, remove the grease with a spray brake cleaner- or by wiping it "off" (not wiping it "in"!) with paper towels. You don't want grease on your brake pads!

 

Good point Tom! I forgot to mention about cleaning the rotor surface.