This arrangement is normal for FWD vehicles.
Some have a couple of retaining screws or other light-duty fastner to keep
the loose rotor from falling off when the tire is changed.
Rex Burkheimer
J-CON Coordinator, WM Automotive Whse Fort Worth TX
Texas Region SCCA FC #19 SRX7 #39
rex@txol.net rex@ceoexpress.com
> car is that they are "floating" rotors, separate from the actual
> hubs. They basically are just discs clamped between the hub and
> the road wheel by tightening the lugs nuts. Once the wheel is
> removed, and the caliper is released (held only by two large Torx
> bolts), the rotors will just slide off the lugs.
>
> This makes removal much easier, of course, than with the rotor
> cast with hub arrangement, and also one does not need to open the
> hub (the hub remains intact on the spindle once the rotor is
> removed) and expose the bearings.
>
> I guess Chevrolet knew these brakes were high-maintenance items,
> and gave us a "break" as far as removal and replacement.
>
> doug
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