Brake Caliper removal - I need help
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Brake Caliper removal - I need help
I was trying to remove the calipers this weekend and the bolts that hold them on the brackets are locked on tight. Are there any tips or tricks? I sprayed penetrating fluid on the bolts - still wont budge.
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6 pt socket
Make sure you use a six point socket. On frozen bolts, if you can't get an impact wrench on it, use the six point socket on a breaker bar and a 3 lb hammer to whack the breaker bar after you soak them with some penetrant. That will usually free up the caliper bolts. DO NOT use a 12 point socket. You will round off the heads of the bolts!
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Don't mean to be 'smart' but make sure you are attacking the right bolts, I thought I was in the process of removing my calipers also, turns out the two bolts I was on were the ones the take the calipers themselves apart. You outta see the end of the extension my socket was in after I gave up on that. Laughable
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From: Space Coast Gator Territory
Originally Posted by jaki30
Make sure you use a six point socket. On frozen bolts, if you can't get an impact wrench on it, use the six point socket on a breaker bar and a 3 lb hammer to whack the breaker bar after you soak them with some penetrant. That will usually free up the caliper bolts. DO NOT use a 12 point socket. You will round off the heads of the bolts!
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From: Aussie expat in Saudi Arabia
Originally Posted by Sweet L82
...I sprayed penetrating fluid on the bolts - still wont budge.
Last edited by saudivette; Dec 11, 2006 at 01:46 PM.
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From: Aussie expat in Saudi Arabia
Originally Posted by kansas123
Don't mean to be 'smart' but make sure you are attacking the right bolts, I thought I was in the process of removing my calipers also, turns out the two bolts I was on were the ones the take the calipers themselves apart. You outta see the end of the extension my socket was in after I gave up on that. Laughable
*deep breath*
Sorry kansas123, that tickled me cos I almost did it myself. Thought to myself at the time that I would have looked a right d*ckhead if I got the second bolt out and half the caliper fell off
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if you plan to rebuild these then also loosen those caliper bolts that hold the two halves together now while its mounted in place....they can be a bear to take out when they are on a bench