How to remove a stuck on rotor the easy way !

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Wild one

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Found this thread while trying not to lose my mind.

I've got to replace the ABS speed sensor on the right front wheel of a 2015 2500. Cannot get the dang rotor off. Beat it with a sledge, sprayed it with PB Blaster several times and let it soak, heated it and beat it again. Jammed a 2x4 between the frame and the back of the rotor and had the bride turn hard right to try to pop it off... nothing.

I saw this and I'm a little afraid of making a bad situation worse by bending the brake caliper mounting point... but the mount looks pretty solid on my 3/4 ton truck. Has anyone tried this method? I'm 970 miles from home on vacation and would love to have cruise control to drive home, so I don't want to destroy my rotor... but I gotta get the damn thing off to replace the speed sensor!!!

Little late,but this is an old school trick for removing a stuck on rotor,and it works.You can add another nut to the very end of the bolt that pushes on the rotor to add a little more surface area to the push area.Bolts that long at your local hardware store are usually only a grade 3 or at most a grade 5 bolt,and the nut and threads will usually gall before the caliper ear will break on a 1/2 or 3/4 ton truck. The bolt trick through the caliper ear has been around since disc brakes became common place.
 
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