Tools needed for rear rotor replacement?
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Tools needed for rear rotor replacement?
Getting ready to do rear rotors and pads on my C5 and I was seeing what tools were necessary as my father was going to bring home what I don't have from work.
I did a search and all I found was a 21mm socket
I did a search and all I found was a 21mm socket
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That sucker was on there good!!! We had the car jacked up on the rear and used another jack to provide the 'leverage' to loosen the drivers side. The passenger side we got lucky, they didn't seem as tight, maybe because the 'old man' let me do that side 
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Did mine last nite. I just couldn't get the car up high enough to get the leverage from breaker bar to bust bolts loose. I stopped by a tire place on the way home, they lifted up rear, broke them loose with impact wrench and then retightened them. They came loose relatively easy when I got home last nite. However, when I started last week, I PB'd one side of the car but not the other. Took about 10 min on that side. The other side took some hammering (lightly), but it came off. New drilled and slotted rotors look really nice. Not that bad of a job. Just glad to get a chance to do it before I have to do it at the track!
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Did mine last nite. I just couldn't get the car up high enough to get the leverage from breaker bar to bust bolts loose. I stopped by a tire place on the way home, they lifted up rear, broke them loose with impact wrench and then retightened them. They came loose relatively easy when I got home last nite. However, when I started last week, I PB'd one side of the car but not the other. Took about 10 min on that side. The other side took some hammering (lightly), but it came off. New drilled and slotted rotors look really nice. Not that bad of a job. Just glad to get a chance to do it before I have to do it at the track!
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