Front brake rotor removal on PreRunner

What all is involved in removing the front brake rotors on a 2004 Tacoma Double cab PreRunner 3.4L ? Do they just slide off of the wheel studs, or is there more to it than that?

 

yep.......easy as pie!!

 

Pie is good!!!

 

unless there rusted on, then just hit the rotor with a hammer

 

I'm not sure if the 5 lug rotors have them, but 6 lug rotors have two threaded holes on opposite sides of the hub. Just thread the proper sized bolts into those holes and tighten uniformly. If you've saturated the hub/ wheel studs with penetrating oil (while tapping on the edge of the old rotor) and alternately tightening the 2 bolts- you should eventually hear a loud POP. Hopefully, that will be the sound of the rotor breaking loose and nothing else The good news is, using this method lowers the chance of messing up the wheel bearings.

 

I was amazed to find that the rotors that were sold from a major auto supply chain did not have those two threaded holes on either side of the rotor hub- used for removal. After some measurements I found the factory specs are: a "H" bit (metric)- 6.7564 mm. or .26600 inch or slightly larger than 17/64". The tap for the threading would be: 8 mm. with a 1.25 mm thread pitch- 6.900 mm dia. or .27165 inch dia. Adding these two holes will make future rotor removal a snap- no hammering required.