[dajazzee]

Has anyone removed a 4.3 front brake rotor yet?
This is my first Toyota, and my first Japanese car for that matter. I've removed many brake rotors and it's usually just tire/wheel, caliper and then hammer to remove rotor. I hammered it pretty good but it doesn’t want to move. Is there another bolt that holds it on that I'm missing?

 

[georose]

Get or read a service maual online at Toyota!!

 

[dajazzee]

Get or read a service maual online at Toyota!!

Do you have a link for an online service manual?

 

[summerwind]

Get or read a service maual online at Toyota!!

Do you have a link for an online service manual?

Toyota has a online site called Techical Information System
It costs $10 for a day's access to all of their info.
You have access to the shop manual, TSB's, owners manual and more and you can save the pdf files you are interested in on your computer while viewing the sections via the Adobe PDF reader.

You can find TIS here ==> http://techinfo.toyota.com/

 

[dajazzee]

Thanks summerwind. I prefer not to pay so figured I throw it out there in case someone had done it already. Spoke to the service manager at my Toy dealer and he said it should just be tire/wheel, and caliper. No extra bolts/nuts holding it on. Guess I have to get a bigger hammer (ha, ha).

 

[Octane]

I haven't checked the rav yet, but on the girlfriends Echo, there are 2 threaded holes that you can put a bolt in to push out the rotors.

if those are not there, you might want to spray the back side with PB blaster, or apply a bit of heat with a blow torch, just be careful with all the sensors...

 

[mkperceptions]

I havent dont a brake job on one of these but take a big hammer and whack it. hahaha whack it. nice I always wanted to say that LOL

 

[dajazzee]

Octane, you da man. Two threaded holes. A bolt in each, alternated as I tightened and POP, came right out. Before using the bolts I whacked the heck out of them with a rubber mallet, and a regular hammer and block of wood. They would never have come out using the hammers. The bolts are the only way. On all the American cars I worked on never noticed if there were bolt holes. Usually just hammered them.

 

[Octane]

glad I could help!

and also glad that the holes are there for when I have to do a brake job!

 

[go 5 hole]

dajazee - presuming you also replaced your pads, did you simply C clamp the piston back into the caliper, or is there a screw that backs off the piston to get the replacement pads in?

 

[Colonel]

dajazee - presuming you also replaced your pads, did you simply C clamp the piston back into the caliper, or is there a screw that backs off the piston to get the replacement pads in?

C clamp for the front to recess the pistion.

CAREFULLY screw the piston back in on the back. Do NOT use a C clamp on the back or you will damage the caliper.

 

[dajazzee]

go 5 hole , I didn't replace pads.
I borrowed a few wheel spacers of various thicknesses from friends and experimented with installing them to see how they looked. Ended up not installing any. Still undecided.

To remove the studs you have to rotate the hub to get the old studs out/new ones in. I pressed the brake pedal oh so lightly so as to not move the caliper piston, then put the car in neutral so I could rotate the hub by hand and remove/install the studs.