Miata Mailing List: August 1994, Message #35
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   From: konishi@mazda.co.jp (Masahide Konishi)
Subject: Re: Brake Rotors
   Date: Mon, 1 Aug 1994 23:06:31 -0400

     >Are the rotors easy to get off so I can get them turned?

As for the brake rotors, they also can be easily got off without any
special tools. You only need wrenches (14 & 12 mm ?) and a bolt (M8 ?).

Each caliper retainer is bolted on the hub with 2 M10 (?) bolts. 
You remove these bolts and pulled out the caliper and caliper retainer.
Do not give any damage or stress to the brake hose. So you may use thread
to hang them on a spring or a suspension arm.
Then screw in a M8 bolt into the tapped hole on the roter.
Screw in SLOWLY with a wrench.....Bang! The rotor will come off.
It's not dangerous work, but waiting for the sound is a bit scarely :-)
This applies both front and rear rotors.
(The sizes of wrenches and bols are from my memory. So they can be wrong.)

Hope this helps.

>Masa<

Masahide Konishi
konishi@mazda.co.jp

Mazda Motor Corporation
Mazda R&D Center Yokohama
Product Planning & Development Division. 

Disclaimer:
This posting is NOT the official statement from Mazda. 
I'm NOT going to be a Mazda representative in this maling list. 
I'm NOT a designer of Miata, NOR a Miata wizard.
I'm just one of the miataphiles like you folks :-)