How to Remove Jeep Rotors

Removing a brake rotor from a Jeep can be a great project that even a novice home mechanic can complete. If you need to replace the rotors or maybe upgrade them, remove the old ones and discard them. If you are resurfacing them as part of a brake job, take them off the Jeep and have them resurfaced, then return them to the Jeep. Either way, you will save a substantial repair bill by doing the work yourself and you'll also have the satisfaction of completing the work on your own.

Instructions

1

Loosen the lug nuts on the front of the Jeep. If you are only removing one rotor, you only need to loosen the lug nuts on that side. Do not completely remove the lug nuts yet.

2

Place a jack under the front of the Jeep and raise it until the tires are off the ground. Place a set of jack stands under the frame rails and lower the Jeep until it is sitting firmly on the jack stands.

3

Remove the lug nuts and then pull the wheel and tire off the Jeep. Set the tire aside and put the lug nuts in a safe place so you don't lose them.

4

Locate the mounting bolts on the brake caliper. The bolts slide into the caliper from the back and the heads are located on the inside of the caliper. Remove the bolts using a socket and ratchet.

5

Lift the caliper off the rotor and brake caliper mounting bracket. Suspend the caliper from the top of the fender well with a piece of wire or heavy twine. Do not allow the caliper to hang on the rubber brake hose as the weight will damage the hose.

6

Pull the rotor straight out and off the wheel studs. If you are removing both rotors, repeat the process on the opposite side of the Jeep.