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71swb4x4 · 01-13-2004, 12:35 AM

Help me remove the rotor from my truck. I have a 1/2 ton 4x4. I have removed the lockout and the snap ring. The sockout that I have that says it will work for my truck won't fit inside. Do I need to remove the aluminum looking thing? I will attach some pics - help me out.

Shawn

The first one is before I removed anything.

71swb4x4 · 01-13-2004, 12:42 AM

Here is with the lockout and clip removed.

71swb4x4 · 01-13-2004, 12:45 AM

Here is the lockout I removed

71swb4x4 · 01-13-2004, 12:47 AM

Here is the clip I removed

71swb4x4 · 01-13-2004, 12:49 AM

Here is the back of the lockout

71swb4x4 · 01-13-2004, 12:51 AM

Sorry about the large pics - you should have seen them before I shrunk them!! Frist time I have posted pics - next time I will use a smaller resolution. The second pic is the inside of the hub. What else do I remove to get my socket in there? I will post a pic of the socket too.

BLAZERMAN · 01-13-2004, 12:57 AM

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Do I need to remove the aluminum looking thing?

Yes it has to come out, push it back in a ways and there will be a round ring just inside the outer edge of your hub, use a pick to get under an edge of the ring and pull it out, now slide your hub out and you can get to your spindle nuts.

71swb4x4 · 01-13-2004, 01:09 AM

Thanks for the help Blazerman - I got a little bit further.
I got the aluminum thing off, and the nut off. The rotor still won't come off. I am sure its something easy, any ideas?

BLAZERMAN · 01-13-2004, 01:14 AM

If you got the first nut off you should have a washer with a bunch of holes all the way around it, its keyed in the groove in your spindle, pull it out and then remove the other spindle nut, it will have a small tit on it that has to line up in one of the holes in the lock washer, this keeps your spindle nuts from backing themselve out.

71swb4x4 · 01-13-2004, 01:27 AM

Thanks for the help. I shut the garage down for the night. I will give it another shot tomorrow.

Shawn

doughby82 · 01-13-2004, 04:06 AM

be careful putting the washer back in the one with the tit on it.it will break pretty easy.mine broke and i didnt relize it untill i heard griding sound coming from the front end.after i took it apart,it was pretty scored in there ,it was in 5 peices

01-13-2004, 12:35 AM	#1
71swb4x4 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Brookings, SD Posts: 10,497	Help me remove my front rotors Help me remove the rotor from my truck. I have a 1/2 ton 4x4. I have removed the lockout and the snap ring. The sockout that I have that says it will work for my truck won't fit inside. Do I need to remove the aluminum looking thing? I will attach some pics - help me out. Shawn The first one is before I removed anything. Attached Images __________________ Some people are like slinkies, they aren't good for anything, but you can't help but smile when you see one tumble down the stairs.

01-13-2004, 12:42 AM	#2
71swb4x4 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Brookings, SD Posts: 10,497	Here is with the lockout and clip removed. Attached Images __________________ Some people are like slinkies, they aren't good for anything, but you can't help but smile when you see one tumble down the stairs.

01-13-2004, 12:45 AM	#3
71swb4x4 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Brookings, SD Posts: 10,497	Here is the lockout I removed Attached Images __________________ Some people are like slinkies, they aren't good for anything, but you can't help but smile when you see one tumble down the stairs.

01-13-2004, 12:47 AM	#4
71swb4x4 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Brookings, SD Posts: 10,497	Here is the clip I removed Attached Images __________________ Some people are like slinkies, they aren't good for anything, but you can't help but smile when you see one tumble down the stairs.

01-13-2004, 12:49 AM	#5
71swb4x4 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Brookings, SD Posts: 10,497	Here is the back of the lockout Attached Images __________________ Some people are like slinkies, they aren't good for anything, but you can't help but smile when you see one tumble down the stairs.

01-13-2004, 12:51 AM	#6
71swb4x4 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Brookings, SD Posts: 10,497	Sorry about the large pics - you should have seen them before I shrunk them!! Frist time I have posted pics - next time I will use a smaller resolution. The second pic is the inside of the hub. What else do I remove to get my socket in there? I will post a pic of the socket too. __________________ Some people are like slinkies, they aren't good for anything, but you can't help but smile when you see one tumble down the stairs.

01-13-2004, 01:09 AM	#8
71swb4x4 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Brookings, SD Posts: 10,497	Thanks for the help Blazerman - I got a little bit further. I got the aluminum thing off, and the nut off. The rotor still won't come off. I am sure its something easy, any ideas? __________________ Some people are like slinkies, they aren't good for anything, but you can't help but smile when you see one tumble down the stairs.

01-13-2004, 01:14 AM	#9
BLAZERMAN Currently Blazerless Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: St. Joseph Mo. Posts: 4,828	If you got the first nut off you should have a washer with a bunch of holes all the way around it, its keyed in the groove in your spindle, pull it out and then remove the other spindle nut, it will have a small tit on it that has to line up in one of the holes in the lock washer, this keeps your spindle nuts from backing themselve out. __________________ 1972 C/30 133" W.B. C&C 1970 GMC 3500 157" W.B. single wheel C&C

01-13-2004, 01:27 AM	#10
71swb4x4 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Brookings, SD Posts: 10,497	Thanks for the help. I shut the garage down for the night. I will give it another shot tomorrow. Shawn __________________ Some people are like slinkies, they aren't good for anything, but you can't help but smile when you see one tumble down the stairs.

01-13-2004, 04:06 AM	#11
doughby82 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: springfield ill Posts: 836	be careful putting the washer back in the one with the tit on it.it will break pretty easy.mine broke and i didnt relize it untill i heard griding sound coming from the front end.after i took it apart,it was pretty scored in there ,it was in 5 peices __________________ springfield illinois 2003 custom (harley)built from scratch 68 swb



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