1995 GSX

My car began shuddering under moderate breaking about 10,000 miles ago (@ 100k now). At first I ignored it, then I changed the front rotors, which seemed to help a little. My car still shudders, but only under moderate breaking, if I break hard, or lightly, I've got no problems.

(I think I scare the other drivers by approaching stoplights too quickly just so I can break hard lol)

So, a mechanic buddy of mine suggested that if it shuddres and the steering wheel doesn't vibrate, it's probably the rear rotors. So I bought two rear rotors and am in the process of trying to replace them. The problem I'm having is that I can't get the darn things off. I moved the caliper and the two bolts that hold the bracket in place, but it doesn't budge. Am I missing something? I'm afraid to take a hammer to it until I'm sure I'm not missing a bolt. The rotor around the studs is pretty rusty, so I sprayed some wd40 on it hoping it would break loose... no luck. Suggestions?

Thanks all.

well you shouldnt have to beat the hell out of them to get em off, just take a rubber mallot and lightly tap around the edge of it. It should come off after moving the caliper out of the way.

Mitsu 77 had the same problem on his car only it was the front rotors. We had to use a sledge in order to persuade the drivers rotor to exit. After replacing them with a set of used rotors the problem dissipated and the vibrations ceased.

I did the same thing with a sledge, then a few weeks later my wheel bearings went bad. Hmm.........

bad bearings? maybe I'll use gentle force. Thanks for the replies guys, just wanted to be sure I wasn't missing bolt.

on our 95 tsi awd we had to beat the shit outta it to get them off......it was a pain in the ass, but a good way to get out some pent-up anger lol Good luck, let us know how it goes

Don't eclipse rotors have the two threaded holes in them for pulling them. I beat on one of mine and did the second the right way. Can you guess which one took two hours and which took ten minutes?

I think the factory ones do. But, if they've ever been replaced with non-Mitsu rotors, chances are they don't now.

I found factory rotors on my GSX with the threaded holes and my car does have 100,000 miles on it, so it is quite possable you do have factory rotors on your car.

You guys were correct, the rear rotors were still factory, and the threaded holes (12mm) did the trick. Took 5 minutes to swap both rotors. Thanks a ton for all the help!