Rear Rotors

[NA86.5]

Yes I was wondering when you take off the rear rotors if you have to take that large nut with the cutter pin in it off first or you just hit the rotor off.:1zhelp:

[IJ.]

You may have to wind the e brake shoes in a bit then the rotor just pulls off.

[NA86.5]

how do you wind the e brake

[IJ.]

There is a rubber plug in the rotor (http://www.cygnusx1.net/supra/library/TSRM/br/BR_39.html)

Let the e-brake off fully in the car then using a screwdriver there's a starwheel inside the access hole that you can wind.

Give it a few clicks and see if the rotor is tighter or looser if tighter just keep clicking the other way! (Lifting your end of the screw driver up should do the job)

[SupraChrisMk3]

Or you can take two bolts and thread them into the two holes in the rotor hub and screw them in evenly until they push the rotor loose. You only really need to do this if the rotors are really stuck on there.

[souprat]

i'm with chris, gentle way to get it off. if you mess with the starwheel like IJ said you will have to adjust it when you put it back on. and besides, if the e-break is off it shouldnt be contacting the rotor to hold it on.

adjusting it would be putting the rotor on then adjusting the starwheel untill the shoes just contact the hat. and then backing the starwheel out a click. make shure it turns freely while still clamping on the hat nice and hard when the e-brake is on.

try some penitrating lube, might be rusted on. or if your replacing the rotor just do what i did and use a pry bar and or a hammer.

Edit: i just went back and read your first post. the answer is no. the nut with the cotter pin does not need to come off to pull the rotor. once you get the caliper/torque plate off the rotor can just slide off. maybe not easily, but i can just slide off.