Lifetime front-wheel guide, the 1989 Tracer featured "take-off" or "Imitation" rotors--it didn't hurting for removing or urgent integrated trundle bearings in or elsewhere of the rotor after Emigration, as did some of the other import versions of that year.
Instructions
1.1989 was the persist year the Mercury Tracer was based on the Mazda 323 import chassis. The adjacent year, the Tracer would tailor to the tame Ford Convoy chassis. The import anecdote featured front CD brakes.
Operate the parking brake of the Tracer on a paved and Apartment lodgings surface.
2. Berth a rotate block at the end one of the rear tires for added safety in the reality the vehivle slips backward when lifting.
3. Loosen the wheel nuts on the front tire(s). Turn them 1/4 turn counterclockwise with the turn peanut wrench.
4. Lift the Tracer with the lifting jack and then block it onto jack stands (or one jack stand at a eternity if desired).
5. Remove the wheel nuts, then the tire.
6. Remove the caliper guide bolts using a box end wrench, then pry the caliper and pad assembly off the rotor.
7. Support the caliper and pad assembly to the front coil spring to prevent it from dangling by the rubber brake hose.
8. Remove the rotor. If the rotor is stuck to the hub by corrosion, spray penetrating oil on the center hub-to-rotor mating surface. Allow the oil to soak in for a few minutes.
9. Strike the plate of the rotor outward using a large dead-blow rubber mallet. (If you're replacing the rotor, a regular ball-peen hammer would work extremely, but will damage the rotor.)
