4kq front rotor removal

[Kneale Brownson]

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I have a one-ton 4 X 4 Chebby dumptruck that I couldn't get the front wheel
off when first acquired despite repeated blows with an 8-pound sledge
around the perimeter of the tire (20-incher, I think, so there was lots of
leverage), so I reinstalled the lug nuts loosely, rolled the truck back and
forth about four feet, and the wheel came loose immediately.

At 07:30 PM 05/29/2002 -0400, TM wrote:

>Dan,
>If your rotors are rusty, chances are the rotor is rusted to the hub-
>use a big
>dead-blow mallet to see if that will remove it, otherwise use a sledge,
>careful of
>your toes and wear eye protection.
>
>Taka
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>I am replacing the brakes on my '85 4kq.  I was able to do the rears
>with no problems, but when I try to do the fronts, I cant get the rotor
>off the hub.  The rear ones just fall off once the caliper housing is
>removed, but the fronts stay put.  I'm guessing that they are just
>rusted to the hub and nothing else needs to be removed, but I'm not
>sure.  I don't want to hit them much harder with a hammer until I'm sure
>there's nothing else holding them on.  I don't have to take the axle nut
>off do I?
>
>Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong? Or give me a hint on how to
>break the rust (if that is the problem)
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>
>   -Dan R.
>
>'85 4kq (shiny slotted rear rotors, rusty ugly front rotors)
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