How do I remove the rear rotor on my 2006 Dodge Ram?

Answer 1

Take the wheel off, remove small caliper bolts with a 10MM wrench. Next remove the large caliper bolts, make sure not to let the caliper hang by the brake line secure it on the leaf spring. Now check and see if there is a tension clip on one or two of the lugs if so remove. Now if you are going to use your existing rotors and have them turned down you need to be careful when doing the following so you don't damage the rotor. Take a scrap 2X4 board and sledge hammer and place the board on the back side of the rotor where the caliper was and give it a very firm hit turn the rotor a little at a time and continue the hitting process until the rotor breaks loose. If you are discarding the old rotor and replacing with new rotors the you can take the sledge hammer and whack the heck out of the back of the rotor and spin it a little bit and hit it again. Continue this until the rotor breaks free. Very important before doing any of the above please make sure you don't have you emergency break set. If you have the E-brake set you will never get the rotor off and you will cause damage to your vehicle.