Originally Posted by
ENFORCER
First off.... Go ahead and put the axel nut back on. You wont need to mess with it. Then take a dead blow hammer (rubber mallet) or something similar and hit the rotor on the face on the top, bottom, left, and right alternating. Dont use a metal hammer to do this or you will chew up your rotors. If its all you have avalable just be sure to put a block of wood between the hammer and the rotor. It will let go eventually
Sorry man, that is not right.
I found out that the 97 CL is a "captured rotor" setup. Similar to the 93 Accord. The hub is OUTSIDE the rotor, like I said. So the wheel bearing and hub must be pressed out of the rotor in order to free it. See the attached pdf.