Rear Disc Rotor: Removal

Lift up the vehicle, then remove the rear wheels.
Release the parking brake.
Remove the brake hose bracket.

Fig 1: Locating Brake Hose Bracket
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Remove the two mounting bolts, and remove the disc brake assembly.

Fig 2: Locating Mounting Bolts
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Suspend the disc brake assembly so that the hose is not stretched.
Remove the disc rotor.

NOTE: If it is difficult to remove the disc rotor, perform the following two methods in order.

Turn the adjuster using a flat tip screwdriver until the brake shoe is far enough away to allow removal of the disc rotor.

Fig 3: Turning Adjuster Using Flat Tip Screwdriver
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If it is difficult to remove the disc rotor from the hub, drive an 8 mm bolt into the threads B of the rotor, then remove the rotor.

Fig 4: Identifying Disc Rotor Thickness

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