Hey guys, I have to replace pads and rotors on my truck. I have never done this before. I have done a little wrenching on minor stuff. I kinda' know what I'm getting myself into. I'm looking to see if anybody has any tip or trick has hoe to do this. I have already down loaded the x-mas present, so I'll take a good look at that also. Thanks for all your help. You can see below my truck specs.

 

Dodge is one of the easiest brakes to replace on the market, not difficult at all. If your doing rotors may be a good idea to spray some PB Blast on the rotor right when you take wheel off, they have a tendancy to freeze to the hub. Goodluck

 

OK so I was going to redo my breaks. Well I get the calipers off no real big deal, but I can't get the rotors off. I don't have a dig. camer to take a pic to post so I have to try to explain this. With the wheel removed I have a castel nut right in the center with one cotter pin going thru it. No big deal I thought , remove the cotter pin and lossen the nut right, wrong. I can't get the nut to move. I get to looking and it looks like the bihine this big nut is the plate the wheel studs are press on to. The the rotor is behind all this (castel nut and wheel stud plate). Anybody knows whats going on? I don't see how to remove the rotors. I was able to put in the new pads so I do feel better now. Thanks guys.

 

You don't need to remove the bolt. Go ahead and put a new cotter pin back in there. Get a hammer and give the rotor a few good wacks in between the studs. It rusts to the hub and thats why it won't come off. Just keep on hiting it (Don;t go Rambo on me though) and prying, it'll come off sooner of later

 

yeah those are "hat" style rotors the center hub stays on the spindle. get out your B.F.H.

 

OK B.F.H. time. I still don't understand how the rotor is going to come off. ramsport, when you say "hat" style, do you mean it looks something like fig. 34 in the repair manual? Mine looks close to that but not really.

 

when you hit the rotor make sure you dont BREAK the rotor. Otherwise your BRAKES wont work

 

Hold on Big Truck Man, these guys are probably talking about a 1500 you have a 2500. Don't hit anything with a hammer. I'll be right back.

 

sorry dude I thought you had a 1500,not sure if the 2500 is the same.

 

BTM, a 2500 Dodge Ram 4x4 has a hub bearing that comes off with the rotor. The four bolts that hold the bearing on are behind the plate the caliper is attached to. Three on a 1500 but different rotors and no need to remove bearing for rotor removal on a 1500. I ran into the same problem you are having. There is a thread on this when I asked about it a couple of weeks ago. I got some responses explaining my/your rotor and what to do. Only had it this way for certain years. Mine and yours are two of them. I decided to hold off until I have more time to get to it and only replaced pads. If you do try to take them off the way it was explained to you on this thread earlier, you will break something or split your hub bearing apart. Bearings are a little over $200 each. I had mine out to do the universals, ball joints and tie-rod ends. I said screw it for now trying to press the lugs out my rotors as they were not that bad. I needed my truck rather than another lesson in weird rotors.