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Old Mar 16, 2021 | 12:38 PM
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I am attempting to remove the rear rotor on a 2014 Z51 with 36000 miles. Front rotor was no problem. I checked for the parking brake before I started and turned it on and off. I got the parking brake release message. Any suggestions before I do something wrong. This is a picture of the dash when I hold the start button for a few seconds and it doesn't show parking brake on.


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No parking brake problem. They came off eventually.

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I'll just leave this video here... it was the only way my 2014 rear rotor would come off.

But YES you must release the parking brake first or it will never come off.

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This is a good video. I'll definitely give that a try next time. Both rotors ended up being a bit of work. I went at it with a dead blow hammer and rubber mallet and after quite a few hits they let go.
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Neat trick. I'm going to file that one away in my memory banks.
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This video saved me big time... I spent 20 minutes whacking with hammer, almost gave up then asked the YouTube gods for help. Saw a few videos using this bolt trick and within 2 minutes the rotor was off
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