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Apr 13, 2016 | 10:26 PM

don2000

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Brake Calipers

Hey all. Just curious about something. I repainted my calipers today on my 2006 Base. I wanted to take them off the car for the paint job. The caliper bolts turn but don't appear to be backing out at all. I tried both sides on the rear and same result. So I just removed the bracket bolts and did it that way. I've done brake jobs before but this is a first. Am I missing something??? Thanks for any help

Apr 13, 2016 | 11:01 PM

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If you look closely at the other side of the bracket right against the rubber dust cover you will see a flat spot or another "nut" on the caliper slide pin... Put a wrench or crescent on this as you turn the bolt and it will come out... Otherwise you are just turning the bolt AND the sliding pin at the same time

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Apr 13, 2016 | 11:04 PM

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If you look closely at the other side of the bracket you will see a flat spot on the caliper slide pin... Put a wrench or crescent on this as you turn the bolt and it will come out... Otherwise you are just turning the bolt AND the sliding pin at the same time

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Oh snap! My Instagram friend. This is dr.wiebel Lol. Nice to see you here on the forum. Yeah now that I think about it I did see that. Didn't think about it tho lol. Thanks man

Apr 14, 2016 | 12:04 AM

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Did you scrub those bracket bolts and put some lock tite on them when you put them back? They are supposed to be torqued down over 100ft lbs, I think.

Apr 14, 2016 | 12:15 AM

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Did you scrub those bracket bolts and put some lock tite on them when you put them back? They are supposed to be torqued down over 100ft lbs, I think.

I did but I do not own a torque wrench. I made sure they were tight tho

Apr 14, 2016 | 10:09 PM

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Oh snap! My Instagram friend. This is dr.wiebel Lol. Nice to see you here on the forum. Yeah now that I think about it I did see that. Didn't think about it tho lol. Thanks man

Ha ha nice! I had no idea that was you when I posted! Great to see you on here as well!

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