Hope it went well for you karamesc!
Like you said, easy!
I am posting pictures for anyone else who may need to do this.
Turning off the wheel.
Semi-pro tip: turn the steering wheel fully to the opposite side of the car to make it easier to reverse.
Withdraw 12 mm bolt holding the brake line. This is optional, but gives you a bit more range by moving the caliper.
Remove the plastic caps from the caliper guide pins
Now that pissed me off. Every car I’ve worked on used a regular bolt for the caliper pins, but the Ascent uses one 11 mm (I think) hex socket. The closest I had was a 10mm allen wrench, which worked.
Remove the brake device. This was probably the hardest part. I just went at it with a screwdriver and it finally came out.
Do not allow the caliper to hang from the brake line. You can raise it with wheels, or just sit it on something.
Remove both 17 mm bolt
Remove the brake rotor
Here is the damaged dog
Now I wasn’t keen on just hammering on the studs for fear I might screw up the alignment or something. I used one Common divider of cargo ball in the port. Just tighten it with one 3/4″ (or 19mm) wrench.and the tire pops right out.
