Brake rotor replacement

[Kneale Brownson]

At 09:47 AM 06/20/2001 -0400, Michael  Williams wrote:

>After looking through the archives and Bentley I am still a little 
>confused on 1 or 2 points. I have an 89 100 that I may replace the rotors 
>on this weekend. From what I understand I need to remove the caliper from 
>the strut housing to get the rotor off. If I read correctly these "one 
>time bolts" can be reused if secured with some Loc-Tite, correct??
>Now when it comes to actually removing the hub, do I have to remove the 
>axel bolt to get the rotor off or is it simply secured to the shaft by the 
>studs that are on the shaft. The Bentley wasn't exactly clear on it and I 
>might have been looking at letters in the archive that pertain to a 
>different model

You don't need to touch the axle nut or bolt, Mike.  Besides undoing the 
bolts that hold the caliper to its carrier, you'll also have to take out 
the bolts that hold the carrier in place.   Your wheel bolts are what hold 
the rotors.  That's why your tool kit is supposed to include a headless 
plastic bolt slotted for a screwdriver so you can put that in place of the 
first wheel bolt you remove when changing tires, etc.  Be sure to clean and 
relube the pins behind the bolts that hold the caliper and check the rubber 
boots there to make sure they're sound.  I've read you can use (I think) 
blue locktite on the caliper bolts.  The replacement bolts I got already 
had blue glue on their threads.