I have an "03 Kodiak 450. the rear rotor is cracked. i've got wheel and outer hub removed. caliper is off. there's a cover for the rotor, but i can't get at the bolts holding it on. there's bolts from the rotor into a housing, but i can't get at those until cover is out of the way. so WTH?? where do i go from here to get at these bolts as they both block each other out? do i hafta pull the axle??

HELP!! I looked at a schematic, but it had the brakes split up from the axle and it didn't seem to help exlpain how things went together/apart.

 

since this post isn't about how my 'shee or 'rappie stomped someones a$$, nobody will probably read it, but on the rare off-chance that there is another Yamaha utility atv owner on this forum that might benefit from this.......

i fixed it! once you remove the outer hub and caliper, the rotor is pretty much free. the rotor is attached to a second (inner??) hub. there is a small, rubber o-ring inside that kinda seals it, and gives it a bit of a suction feeling when you pull it off the axle. the rotor dirt cover remains in place. i put the inner hub in my bench vise to remove the rotor. the rotor is held on by 4 allen bolts with loc-tite (1 stripped on me). vise-grips and a propane torch and some penetrating fluid worked well enough to get the stripped one off.

i was really surprised to find 3 cracks between the outer edge of the rotor and the cooling holes that are cross-drilled in there. must be a weak spot with so little metal. and maybe a poor quality steel on Yamaha's part (don't tell me they don't outsource half the parts to china or wherever they can get it made the cheapest; this rotor is a perfect example of that).