I have put pads on the last 3 times and left the rotors alone. I would like to put rotors on as they are now thin and I get a little vibration when brakes are hot.

Do I need any special tools is the rotor swap pretty easy?

 

Your asking if changing the rotors is easy? Um ya. You have to unbolt the brake caliper and the rotor comes right off.

Of coarse thats if you can get the wheel off first.

Signing up to this forum and creating a new post is harder then changing rotors.

 

Yup its easy on newer tacomas but i need a thin wrench to pull the hub off the spindle.

 

Its not a thin wrench, its a big socket. For the wheel bearing nut.

 

Ohh, your pointing out the fact that I forgot to mention that step. Ya It did slip my mind, but its still way to easy to be talking about. And my 89 is the same way.

 

this could be a hard job for someone that has never done it before.

Do you know how to pack wheel bearings??

Are you going to have the new seals just in case you screw one up taking the hub off .

Do you have the hard lines that attach to the caliper just in case the nuts are rounded off or the line twists off.

Yes the 54mm socket works so much better then the hammer and chisel.

There is also the removing of the dreaded Cone washers which could be thought of a project in itself.

Unless you have upgraded to Warn Hubs.

 

I bought seals,rotors,pads and something else. I pulled the hub and had no way to take the big nut off !! So I put it back together until I get the 54mm socket.

 

I bought seals,rotors,pads and something else. I pulled the hub and had no way to take the big nut off !! So I put it back together until I get the 54mm socket.

 

Nothing that les schwab can do is a hard job.

 

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If you can brush your teeth without injuring yourself and can read you should be able to change rotors.

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Now that's funny.

But I know many people with perfect teeth and great English skills that get confused changing engine oil. They also happen to be people that lack the skills necessary for "intuitive" actions and really need e.v.e.r.y. step spelled out, verbatim and in triplicate for back-up and redundancy.

The hardest parts of changing the rotors are getting the hubs off (unseating the conical washers), setting the wheel bearing pre-load when re-installing and making sure the calipers are fully compressed so they fit back on when re-installing.

 

I'm having the same problem removing my brake rotor from my 4wd 1987 4runner. I removed the caliper, removed the automatic locking hub cover, removed the bolt and washer, and removed the six nuts, six washers and six cone washers. I then removed the locking hub housing and removed a lock spring from around the axle shaft. Previous posts refer to a 54mm nut but I don't see any large nut around the axle shaft. What could be preventing the rotor from moving?

 

Beginners should get shop manuals, even seasoned professionals use them from time to time, that way you do the job right and learn in the process, you can get guidance here, but you can't expect a complete run down for every job and get good advice every time.

 

I have a factory service manual and was trying to follow the instructions. However, the rotor is still stuck. Thanks anyway!

 

Are we talking a 4WD hub? There's a lot more to removing a 4x4 rotor than pulling the hub. There are six bolts in the back of the hub holding it on. You'll have to PB Blaster it well before you start & I also HIGHLY recommend you use an impact wrench to remove the six bolts holding the rotor to the hub.

THEN, you have to get the rotor unfrozen from the hub.....

 

For some reason I remember having to pound out wheel studs with a hammer, but this has been on solid axles in the past. I don't know that I've done rotors on an IFS truck. If I have it's been over a decade....

 

my brake shoe is cracked so i will need to get a new hub. A new automatic hub is too expensive, so I am going to get a manual hub and conversion kit. I hope that is a straightforward job....Thanks for the help.

 

How much are they getting for a hub at a auto recycle yard?

 

For me the hardest part was removing the hub from the rotors. I have to put the rotor in a vice and beat the living hell out of it. One rotor took me only 2 min and the second one took almost two hours and that was a lot of pre soaking with PB Blaster.

 

So it is the same as a solid axle. I remember some Ford trucks being the same way when I was a brake jockey back in the day. What I used to do (and will be doing next weekend lol) is take an extra lugnut to protect the studs and prop the hub/rotor assembly on two heavy duty wood blocks and pound away with a 5lb sledge. PB blaster soaking in them and re-sprayed every 20 minutes for about 2 hours (I'm not sure if this helps but it gives me a little time to get pumped for the job and read more threads on YT .)

That said, a nice little hydraulic press would be the beez neez for this job. I may actually invest in one soon. I've noticed that now that I'm in my early 30's I have more of a tendency to buy tools that eliminate using a sledgehammer for an hour lol. I may have to buy a welder so I can just build one out of a nice stout bottle jack