You would never catch us doing it that way. Have to pull the little cover to one hold the 4 bolts on the bearing as they will usually turn. Two we also put some 2x4's in there so the rotor won't hit the cage when removing the stop sign. If you take off chrome you have just added over $10,000 to your bill from improperly removing the rotor. We have a forklift attachment to carry the rotor out without touching and can drive right back in and put the rotor right on the gearbox splines. Good chrome is very important for the long term operation of the combine so don't ruin it by removing quickly. So it properly. Keep the rotor off the chrome cage.