All you need is a little mechanical knowledge and some automotive tools to easily remove the rotors from your Hyundai Accent. Auto repair shops and dealerships charge outrageous prices in labor and you can easily invest that money into the tools you'd need in order to perform the repair and have them for future uses.
Open the hood to the Hyundai Accent and remove half of the fluid from the master cylinder reservoir using a turkey baster. Discard the old fluid and replace the master cylinder cover securely. Place a wheel chock behind one rear tire.
Loosen the lug nuts of both front tires with the breaking bar and a 21 millimeter socket.
Raise the front end of the car with the floor jack and place the jack stands below the front frame rails to support the car. Remove the lug nuts and wheels.
Remove the two caliper bolts using the ratchet and a socket. Hang the caliper from the coil spring with the bungee cord then compress the piston of the caliper inward using the C-clamp.
Remove the brake pads in the caliper anchor, but establish which is the outboard pad and which is the inboard pad and the top and bottom of each pad as it sits in the anchor. You will want to replace the pads in the same manner they were removed if you're not replacing them.
Remove the two caliper anchor bolts using the ratchet and a socket. These will be very tight and require some strength to remove. Remove the caliper anchor.
Remove the screw located on the center hub of the rotor using the impact screwdriver (set in reverse), the Phillips head bit and a hammer. Strike the impact screwdriver on the head until the screw loosens.
Remove the rotor, using the two 8-by-1.25 mm bolts and screw them into the hub holes provided on the face of the rotor. Thread them in and tighten them 3 to 4 times with the ratchet and a socket. Then switch to the next bolt. Keep going back and forth between the two bolts.
If the threads strip out, strike the rotor with force using the rubber mallet until you shock it from the hub.
If you're removing the rotor to replace it, use a regular hammer to strike it with and skip the first two options. It'll be easier and much quicker.
Replace the parts when you're finished by reversing the procedure.
Torque the lug nuts on the tires after you've lowered the Accent with the torque wrench set to 80 ft.-lbs. and the 21 millimeter socket.
Pump the brake pedal until it feels normal to restore the hydraulic pressure back to the compressed caliper pistons. After, check and add new DOT 3 brake fluid to the master cylinder reservoir. Don't forget to remove the wheel chock.
