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i was doing my rotors other week did the front but the rears just didnt come off

now i want to give it another shot instead of taking it in to the mechanics.

i did loosen the handbrake all the way down with a screwdriver through the rotor but the rotor was

still extremely hard to spin anyway tried banging it with a mallet and no luck what so ever

im guessing my handbrake is still too tight despite loosening it, what should i do to loosen it further?

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Pry the rotor off, there is possibly an inside lip from handbrake abuse, aka attempting to drift...

Worse that can happen is the springs fall out and you have reassemble the handbrake gear, not hard if you look at it

Pry the rotor off, there is possibly an inside lip from handbrake abuse, aka attempting to drift...

Worse that can happen is the springs fall out and you have reassemble the handbrake gear, not hard if you look at it

hmm could be the case especially for both rotors? are you sure i just don't need to loosen ebrake any further from elsewhere plus pretty positive previous owner did abuse this car, though it does seem the ebrake doesn't go any tighter or looser when adjusting it around, takes alot of strength to spin rotor just 1cm

Did you put screws in the two holes (on the mounting surface)?

i just bought the screws now, im going to give it ago tomorrow

yeah car was jacked up from diff also have lsd not sure if that can cause rotor to hardly move with so much force

and im 100% poisitive i loosend right way as i was losening it was getting easier to spin the adjuster but the rotor was still firm

anyway ill see how i go tommorow didnt have the time today

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