Removing Brake Rotor Brackets

Video Transcript

"Our next step is removing the actual bracket that goes around the brake rotor. Some cars, they may not have this bracket covering the rotor itself, but then, depending on what sort of vehicle you have, you have to remove this bracket to get the rotor off of the vehicle itself. So, generally you may have like a 15 or 17 millimeter bolt in the backing part of it, so you just remove the two bolts, and it should free up away to get the caliper off. Once again, you might want to use some sort of lubricant because of the heat buildup, it kind of rusts the bolts into the assembly itself. Okay, so there you have it, you have the bracket off. Then most rotors, they have a set screw to hold it in place so it's not wobbling all over the place whenever you're putting your pads on and whatnot. So then you want to look at the rotor itself to make sure that it doesn't have, this one's pretty bad off, so, in this case, you would want to replace this rotor with a new one rather than getting it turned or anything of that nature. And that is how you remove the set screw."