my urgent cry for help

87manche

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Ohio
ok, so I've got the wife's toyota all torn apart.
It's getting new pads and rotrs up front.
Caliper and torque plate came off just fine, but I can't get the damned rotor off.
Any ideas?
I don't have a torch, although I wish I did. It's seized to the bearing assembly.
So far I've soaked it at every crack with PB. Shot PB into the stud holes and been whacking the hell out of it with a sledgehammer. I've tapped the studs, the face of the bearing assembly the rotor and been wailing on the back of the rotor to try and get it off. I was considering using my bottle jack between the frame and the rotor in an attempt to pop it off. Any more ideas? Is using the bottle jack a recipe for disaster?
 
the rotor should have 2 threaded holes in the "hat" part and you can put some bolts in there and as you tighten them it will pop off.
 
Yeah, these aren't original rotors that are on there, and there were no holes. I succeeded by continuing working with the BFH. Enough hits to the face of the rotor and they eventually popped.
 
we'll see. At least they look like they'd be easy to replace. 5 bolts will get the whole unit off.
I didn't whack too hard, just a lot of them, medium taps with a 5LB about 30 times per side got them to pop.
 
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