# Captive rotors **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Tags:** nissan, frontier\ **Created:** [February 24, 2013, 10:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/captive-rotors/77588 "2013-02-24T22:32:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![spider-man](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/spider-man/32/2451_2.png) [@spider-man](https://community.cartalk.com/u/spider-man)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2013, 10:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/captive-rotors/77588/1 "2013-02-24T22:32:04Z")
is there any manufacturing car builder today.that still use captive brake rotors. ---
**Author:** ![doubleclutch](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/doubleclutch/32/1281_2.png) [@doubleclutch](https://community.cartalk.com/u/doubleclutch)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 12:00am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/captive-rotors/77588/2 "2013-02-25T00:00:39Z")
I’d hope not. I wouldn’t buy one. ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 3:46am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/captive-rotors/77588/3 "2013-02-25T03:46:28Z")
The Chevy Colorado used captive brake rotors. Do they still build that, or did they recently stop? ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 5:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/captive-rotors/77588/4 "2013-02-25T17:50:08Z")
What’s a captive rotor? ---
**Author:** ![shadowfax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/shadowfax/32/13026_2.png) [@shadowfax](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shadowfax)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 7:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/captive-rotors/77588/5 "2013-02-25T19:35:57Z")
A rotor that’s installed behind the hub instead of in front of it. ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 8:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/captive-rotors/77588/6 "2013-02-25T20:05:02Z")
@dripper and @shadowfax - thanks, sounds like one of those ‘Why would anybody do that?!?’ kind of designs… ---
**Author:** ![bscar2](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bscar2/32/2468_2.png) [@bscar2](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bscar2)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 5:26am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/captive-rotors/77588/7 "2013-02-26T05:26:23Z")
Is that why it felt like the Colorado I test drove had brakes as bad as the Chevelle I used to own(4 drums brakes)? ---
**Author:** ![doubleclutch](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/doubleclutch/32/1281_2.png) [@doubleclutch](https://community.cartalk.com/u/doubleclutch)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 10:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/captive-rotors/77588/8 "2013-02-26T22:58:40Z")
When I need pads and rotors replaced on my car, I can get good quality parts at NAPA and do the job at home in about an hour, leisurely, with sips of beer here and there. With captive rotors, this turns into an ordeal that I don’t care to deal with or pay for. ---
**Author:** ![shadowfax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/shadowfax/32/13026_2.png) [@shadowfax](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shadowfax)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 12:58am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/captive-rotors/77588/9 "2013-02-27T00:58:44Z")
@bscar2 No - captive rotors function pretty much the same as normal rotors - it’s just that their position is slightly different. @doubleclutch - several of the captive-rotor-saddled cars can be converted to standard rotors. A lot of people have done that when they find out what a pain it is to change them. ---
**Author:** ![Rod-Knox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Rod-Knox](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Rod-Knox)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 1:41am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/captive-rotors/77588/10 "2013-02-27T01:41:11Z")
When the hub has serviceable bearings it seems logical to make a 2 piece hub/rotor assembly. A dead blow hammer will separate the assembly in a few quick blows. What is so difficult about them? ---
**Author:** ![keith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/keith/32/5518_2.png) [@keith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/keith)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 3:14am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/captive-rotors/77588/11 "2013-02-27T03:14:48Z")
With a Honda, you need to remove the steering knuckle and use a press to separate the hub/rotor assembly. ---
**Author:** ![Rod-Knox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Rod-Knox](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Rod-Knox)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 3:44am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/captive-rotors/77588/12 "2013-02-27T03:44:39Z")
There was a portable brake lathe for those Honda rotors, keith. I have seen a few but thought they were no longer in production. If that is what the OP was referring to I can understand the concern. It would be a nightmare for a DIYer. ---
**Author:** ![ken\_green](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/ken_green/32/816_2.png) [@ken\_green](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ken_green)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 12:00am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/captive-rotors/77588/13 "2013-03-12T00:00:28Z")
One’s in the shop today. 1998 Chevy k2500 4x4. Gotta take the hub off to change the rotor.