Please help. Cant remove rear rotors. Stuck e-brake perhaps?

[PACarGuy]

Originally Posted by rated_m3

So I ended up getting the rotors off after I used an impact gun on my wheel studs with a stud extractor tool. The studs were rusted on the rotors so, after holding the impact there for like 20 seconds they finally broke free and the rotor fell off easily. Red loctite is a PITA to get loose too. Another thing I did was put the DCT into neutral manually which I missed the first time and it’s a very important step to do so, the rotors can spin freely.

Was it necessary to remove all of the studs, or would removing just one suffice to get to the star adjuster? Or was it moot because they were rusted to the rotor anyway?

[rated_m3]

Originally Posted by PACarGuy

Was it necessary to remove all of the studs, or would removing just one suffice to get to the star adjuster? Or was it moot because they were rusted to the rotor anyway?

You can just remove one and access the star adjuster. However, there is another way to reach the star adjuster. You would just need to reach behind the rotor with a long flat head screw driver.