WOW! You are in NJ, me too. I always find it funny when I find a You Tube channel with someone in NJ. There are a few., thanks for this video, I am about to do breaks on my brother's car and this video helped a lot.
You don't need to hit the rotor. You have a thread 8 mm . Just put screw 8mm and it will push rotor out. Also I would put some anti seize paste on the hub before putting rotor on