rear brakes

flyinelvis11

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so....i noticed the other day a rusty, mettalicy, dusty crud on my left rear wheel. appears to be a bound up caliper or something like that. we have 3/4 ton gassers at work and one of the guys here says you need a special tool to remove the parking brake part of the assembly so you can change pads/rotors. i checked through diy and a couple other forum spots but could find what i was looking for. anyone had the rears off? i'm guessing i will need at least a rotor and maybe a caliper, can i get to them or is my buddy right? this is something i would normally just stumble through but i gotta get these changed after work and still get the little guy before the babysitter closes.any help from you guys would be super.:thumb:
 

whatnot

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I just changed mine a couple weeks ago and just pulled the rotors off. I broke a couple T55 torx bits getting the caliper bolts out. Make sure you have at least one good one. (I even broke the first 1/2" drive Craftsman)
It is probably the pads not sliding. One of mine was stuck really bad. Had to pound it out. You probably will have to grind the slots out some on the new pads so they can slide easily and not grab.