Rear rotors wont come off

[1_v8_merc]

Okay, doing my brakes and rotors.

Fronts came off fine, piece of cake.

The rear rotors ARENT coming off for some reason.

I took off the 2 caliper bolts, got the caliper off.

Is the rotor just melted onto the lugs or is there a bolt that i dont know about that's holding the rotor on?
Shop manual tells me nothing.......


Anybody know?



****EDIT****

N/M, i got them off, they were just extremely rusted on.

Going to replace the parking brake pads next, any tips?

 

[Fox Fader]

If they are shoes like on my 97, it's going to be a PITA.

I have all the good tools and have been doing shoes for years... These were hard to do, even for me.

 

[Mountaineer03]

sledgehammer method works well

 

[1_v8_merc]

If they are shoes like on my 97, it's going to be a PITA.

I have all the good tools and have been doing shoes for years... These were hard to do, even for me.

Yea my dad looked at it, he's a mechanic, he said it looks like a big PITA too.

Screw it, im not even gonna mess with it then.

Problem is, when i pulled off the rear-right rotor, a plastic piece came off from the parking brake shoe or something......im guessing it was from the rust....
So i plan to just clean it up, and gonna glue that semi-circular piece back on the parking brake area, and put my new rotors and brake pads on,lol.

Im sure the parking brakes are fine anyways.....i barely ever use it.

 

[rileyrs]

one of the rotors on the ranger was really rusted on and took alot of liquid wrench and an hour of hammering to remove.

then later that day when i was at oreillys picking up new pads and rotors, i found out that they rent pullers that apply 3 tons of pressure and yank it right off
so anyway, if you do wanna take it off you could try a puller.

 

[1_v8_merc]

Alright thanks guys, got it off, took a ****load of hammering.
I just wanted to make sure it was rust before i started to go M.C.Hammer on it,lol