Ford Escape Forum:Brake Job 2006 Escape

If it is like my 2005, take a hammer and bang the crap out of it, it'll pop, maybe even some wd-40.  They rust on and look like a complete peice, but the center is not connected to the rest, NO NEED TO REMOVE CENTER NUT.  

That is the front,  now for the rear disc.......................

Shiner51 and wyldewill - I am working on the rear disk brakes on my 2006 Escape, 4wd. The caliper bolts are 7mm hex. They came out OK. The calipers with disks do not clear the mounting bracket. Do I have to remove rotor to slide the calipers out? Do I have to remove the center nut on the rear axle to remove the rotor? What tool is available to hold the axle while I try to turn that axle nut? I am guessing that the axle nut is held on with much torque and that I would need a breaker bar. I am stuck. (By the way I have yet to need pads on the front. Thanks for the tip on the 9mm.)