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  • MacBudd541
    E30 Enthusiast
    • Apr 2006
    • 1042
    #1

    help! rear brakes

    so i am replacing my rear pads and rotors on my 87 325e, the caliper is off the pads are off, the allen head screw is out, the wheel stud are out. the rotor will not come off, i can grab and pull from where the caliper was but it seems to be hanging up on something towards the front of the car. is there something i'm missing? and the car has ABS i'm pretty sure, does that have something to do? please help, trying to do this tonight
    1989 325i Alpine s52 coupe
    2003 540i M-Sport 6 speed
    2003 X5 3.0
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    • asubimmer
      R3V OG
      • Jul 2004
      • 6482
      #2
      BFH + a big hit

      make sure you leave one of the studs in a little so the rotor doesn't hit you in the face/anything else
      ///Alpinweiß II 24v 91' 318is, Alpinweiß III 99' 323i, 04' Yamaha R6 SE for sale, 00' VW GTi, 83' El Camino BURNED, 01' P71sold, 92' Miatasold

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        • MacBudd541
          E30 Enthusiast
          • Apr 2006
          • 1042
          #3
          brakes

          i tried that but it really feels like there is a spring or something pulling back when i pull on it by hand, i can pull the one side out maybe a centimeter then it just spings back.
          1989 325i Alpine s52 coupe
          2003 540i M-Sport 6 speed
          2003 X5 3.0

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            • Febi Guibo
              E30 Addict
              • Sep 2005
              • 407
              #4
              tap around the face of the rotor with a big rubber dead blow hammer, then whack it from behind a couple of times.

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                • cthulu703
                  Wrencher
                  • Oct 2004
                  • 288
                  #5
                  It feels like a spring because there is one. Make sure your parking brake is off, you are pulling against the parking brake shoes.

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                    • Ryan Stewart
                      I Love Miatas
                      • Oct 2003
                      • 8978
                      #6
                      Originally posted by cthulu703
                      It feels like a spring because there is one. Make sure your parking brake is off, you are pulling against the parking brake shoes.
                      a. Im ashamed for this forum that it took to the 4th post for this.
                      b. tech forum, tech forum, tech forum.
                      c. Get a Bentely Service Manual, it will save you from shitting a brick over something like this while waiting for the correct response on an internet forum.
                      Im now E30less.
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                        • Charlie
                          kid tested, administrator approved
                          • Oct 2003
                          • 6686
                          #7
                          Originally posted by Ryan Stewart
                          a. Im ashamed for this forum that it took to the 4th post for this.
                          b. tech forum, tech forum, tech forum.
                          c. Get a Bentely Service Manual, it will save you from shitting a brick over something like this while waiting for the correct response on an internet forum.
                          Are you serial?

                          -Charlie
                          Swing wild, brake later, don't apologize.
                          '89 324d, '76 02, '98 318ti, '03 Z4, '07 MCS, '07 F800s - Bonafide BMW elitist prick.
                          FYYFF

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