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'98 Expedition Front Brakes
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Posted: 12/15/08
05:08 PM
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Need help for a handiman
Have a cracked rotor, have removed caliper but can't budge the rotor.
Any thing else I need to do to free up the rotor?
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Posted: 12/15/08
05:24 PM
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4wd I assume?
There may be little clips holding on the studs holding it on.
Or hit it with a hammer.
If it's a 2wd, that's totally different.
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Posted: 12/15/08
05:31 PM
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Thanks for the suggestion.
No clips on studs as all 5 are loose
Have beaten the hell out of it and not a wiggle
Have tried to heat it up a little but don't want to get it too hot and damage anything else.
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Posted: 12/16/08
06:59 PM
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Problem solved -- hammering and heating didn't work
Used and angle grinder with a cutting head to cut the rotor off. Cut through on one side and 3/4 on the other side before it broke loose.
I had talked with one person who heated a rotor to red hot before it broke lose. A bigger problem followed in less than a week when the wheel bearing froze, obviously from being overheated. Grinder was a better idea. 
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