Rear Disc Rotor: Removal

WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2012 Subaru Forester. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.

Lift up the vehicle, and then remove the rear wheels.
Release the parking brake.
Remove the brake hose bracket.

Fig 1: Locating Brake Hose Bracket Bolt
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Remove the caliper body assembly from housing, and suspend it from the strut using a wire.
CAUTION: Be careful not to stretch the brake hose.

Fig 2: Locating Caliper Body Bolts
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Remove the disc rotor.
NOTE: If it is difficult to remove the disc rotor, perform the following two methods in order.
1. Turn the adjusting screw using a flat tip screwdriver until the brake shoe is far enough away to allow removal of the disc rotor.
  
  Fig 3: Turning Adjuster Using Flat Tip Screwdriver
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2. If it is difficult to remove the disc rotor from the hub, drive an 8 mm bolt into the threads B of the rotor, then remove the rotor.
  
  Fig 4: Locating 8 mm Bolt Threads Of Rotor
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