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Old 10-04-2016, 08:05 AM
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UPDATE

Last night I manually pulled the parking brake and put the car in neutral and could not turn the rotor or hub.

This morning I was going to put the rear wheel back for added torque but it was hard enough to see in the bolt hole to look for the parking brake adjustment screw without adding additional depth. So I tried @pshovest idea first. I backed out the wheel bolts far enough for my largest pry bar to clear the hub lip. I manually pulled the parking brake and attempted to turn the rotor or hub. No go. I again put the car in neutral and also pushed down the ebrake in the car for good measure. The D/S wheel was still on the ground and the rotor bolted to the hub turned!!!! I aligned one of the wheel bolt holes w/the parking brake adjuster, backed it off and pulled the rotor off w/o any persuasion.

Lessons Learned

Never ever turn the car on or attempt to otherwise put the car in neutral without the wheel bolts through the rotor and threaded into the hub!!! This is what started my entire adventure. When I started the car and put it in neutral the parking brake shoes held the rotor and the hub rotated under it and blocked access to the threaded wheel bolt holes in the hub! Which also meant that I could not put the wheel back on and severely limited my options!

BTW, I used an old brake pad and clamped it to the caliper so that I could apply the brakes, start the car and put it in neutral w/o shooting the piston out of the caliper.

Thank you very much for your calm and continued encouragement. Not sure why it did not work the first 10 times but it did eventually work.

Last edited by omasou; 10-04-2016 at 08:33 AM.
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