In over my head, brakes.

[Bhowie]

Hello everyone!

Thank you for taking the time to help me out. Started to replace the front passanger and driver side brake components. This was suppose to include pads, rotors, and calipers. Things have not gone as well as planned. About 7 years ago I had taken a few automotive classes and had done all of this work more than once. Between now and then I have not turned a wrench and I think I'm over my head. Sorry if my English is bad, not a US native. THANKS SO MUCH!

Specs: 2001 Ford Explorer - V6 - Rear wheel Drive

Problem: Im sure I am missing something that is very obvious. The old Rotor has bolts but the new rotor does not. There are no rotors for sale at ##################.com with the bolts. What am I missing?

The old brake rotor here:
Front:

Back:

New Rotor:
Front:

 

[techieman33]

you got the wrong parts. The rotors you bought are for a 4 wheel drive explorer. You need rotors for a 2wd explorer.

 

[rileyrs]

dont know much about the 2wd ones, but it looks like he removed the entire hub assembly with the rotor, rather than just banging off the rotor, or is that how its suposed to go on a 2wd?

 

[inh]

2wd you have to remove the bearings and such to replace the rotor. That's why i love my 4wd, much easier =]

 

[rileyrs]

that sucks, makes for much more work.
but ya the 4wd brakes are really easy to do

 

[nismotunedgtr]

You don't need that 1% milk for the brake job

 

[corkey]

yeah , big oops,, it seems that you got the 4 wheel drive brakes for a 2wd,, ,

get the right ones,,

 

[cybergasm]

holy big pic need to resize them buggers in the future