Last time I had my rear wheel off, I forgot to check this...how big a
deal is it to replace the rear brake rotors on my '99 Outback? Can I
be lucky enough that it's just a caliper removal, bang on the rotor
and it comes off?

-John O

JohnO wrote:

Should just slide off.

Jim Stewart wrote:

Is the rear rotor part of the assembly with the parking brake in the hub?

B A R R Y wrote:
I don't remember.

On Apr 9, 6:41 am, "JohnO" <t696... (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote:

I think you might want to buy a manual if you can't figure it by
yourself!


Rich

You only need to take the caliper off to remove the rotors.

They may be stuck but nothing that w40 and a lil tapping won't take care of.

Yes, the rear rotors are part of the park braking system, The inside of
the rotors acts as the drum for the parking brake shoes. They normally
do not interfere with the rotor removal, but make sure that the hand
brake is not applied.

Good luck!

JohnO wrote:

On Apr 9, 11:41 pm, "JohnO" <t696... (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote:
You will probably find the park brake drum makes up the inside of the
rotor so if you release the park brake remove the caliper and it
shopuld come off.

Jim Stewart wrote:

Neither do I, but I thought I'd bring it up in case it is. <G>

An applied parking brake can make the job a PITA!

On Apr 10, 8:36 am, B A R R Y <beech23pi... (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote:

Thanks guys. Looks like an easy job then. Amazing that I actually paid
people to do this with cars I owned years ago.

-John O

On Apr 10, 5:57 am, p... (AT) pub (DOT) la wrote:
I replaced by rotors on my 96 OBW in Jan, and the only problem I had
were loosening the rusted bolts. They took lots of "negotiating".

After that, the rotors slide off easily.

Good luck.