ok i am trying to replace my front rotors..... do I need to remove the bearing to replace the rotors? I know how to take off the calibers and bracket..... then how do you take the bearings out I mean what tool to use or size socket??

thanks for any help

 

Who told you anything about bearings?

Remove the caliper, unbolt the bracket. then pull the rotor off. If it doesnt jut fall off, when tap it with a hammer. There are no bearings or anything holding it on.

 

hmm never heard teh bearing thing..i too wanna know who told you that lol

 

There are no bearings in these rotors like the old school cars and rotors.
Lynn

 

He may be like me and was thinking old school for a moment.
I had to stop and rethink that these had no bearings in the rotors also.

The old school rotors had bearings in the front and back thus letting the rotor spin on the spindle, when you took the castle nut off the spindle to get the rotor off "usually" the front bearing would pull right out of the rotor and the rear bearing could be taken out by placing the nut back on the spindle and pulling the rotor off by catching the nut and pulling the bearing out.
That is probably what he is thinking, or he has worked on other cars that have this same bearing set up.
Lynn

 

Fox body Mustangs have the bearings in the rotors...Ford changed set-up on the '94 to current Mustangs...

 

well does the dust cap have to come off first before the rotors? once I took the calipers and bracket off there was the dust cap... I just figured since the dust cap was there then the bearings had to be taken off too plus I guess then my rotor was just stuck bc I puled and nothing came of....guess I should have used the hammer lol

But you guys are sure I dont need to touch the bearings and that after the caliper and backet are taken off, and possible the dust cap I couldnt see how the rotor could slide off with out taking it off, the rotor should just come right off?

 

Dude, our cars have sealed hubs. The bearings dont just come out. Make sure the little metal clips are off the wheel studs (if they are there, there will be 2 of them) and just use a hammer and hit the rotor until it jars loose. This isnt hard

 

+1 if you aren't turning the rotors for reuse just bang them off with a hammer.

 

negative.