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Re: Help! trying to losen front caliper bolts
Posted by TimBrown (more from TimBrown) on Fri, 14 Apr 2006 07:10:48
In Reply to: Help! trying to losen front caliper bolts, Aero, Fri, 14 Apr 2006 06:03:31
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Those almost defeated me. First, on mine the bolts were torx, not hex. Don't know why yours are hex, if they are. Second, I used a breaker bar not a ratchet which would be too short, with a 1/2" drive, and mine was about 16". Afterward, I found out you can buy a 22" or longer bar, which would make a difference.
Finally, on the first three I was able by really working hard to get them loose - they don't break loose, they come out very slowly at first, so you can barely tell they are moving. On the last one I almost gave up, then had my wife balance me from behind and stood on the bar. It gave.
They put loctite on those bolts and so should you when you put them back. After it was done, and engineer relative of mine said thge loctite softens at about 150 degrees, and that a heat gun or even a hair dryer would have helped by warming the caliper. I'd use a torch except i would fear cooking the rubber on the pistons.
It's ajob I would have liked better when I was 25. One other alternative is a friend with very big arms. But the breaker bar is a must.
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Posts in this Thread:
- Help! trying to losen front caliper bolts, Aero, Fri, 14 Apr 2006 06:03:31
- About Torx sockets to losen front caliper bolts, Herb Hirsch
, Fri, 14 Apr 2006 18:28:18 - FINAL Followup------ Mission accomplish., Aero, Fri, 14 Apr 2006 14:49:36
- further tips, TimBrown, Fri, 14 Apr 2006 08:49:32
- "Followup" Yes Got those suckers out., Aero, Fri, 14 Apr 2006 08:22:49
- Re: Help! trying to losen front caliper bolts, patrickemc, Fri, 14 Apr 2006 07:37:40
- Re: Help! trying to losen front caliper bolts, TimBrown, Fri, 14 Apr 2006 07:10:48 <-- Viewing This Message
- Re: Help! trying to losen front caliper bolts, JG, Fri, 14 Apr 2006 07:04:11
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