Originally posted by Philip:
I was out there in the garage talking with the guy doing to work, and i watched a mechanic take a HUGE 3ft sledge hammer to the rear discs of an old cadillac. He seemed to just hit the face of the disc (you're going to replace them anyway so don't be affraid to mess em up) and eventually after 3-4 blows, clouds and heaps of brake dust and rust snowed off and the rotor slipped free...
Yep, that's the way they showed me how to do it at BMW also. I never met a rotor that resisted hammering to the face. The tough ones you'd have to hit from the back face. I always put a lug back on the hub after removing the wheel to prevent the rotor from flying into unwanted places.
