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Well, as you are going to replace the rotors, they should be able to remove the rotor by destroying it, then perhaps that will provide some access to the busted ends of the bolts. They may need to order those bolts
I was afraid of what you might have done! I really think that you have to admit that is dangerous to work as a sleep deprived zombie. When you get tired and exhausted, you can keep going but you will make mistakes.
Do work when you are rested and inspired, not dragging you butt with dogged determination. You don't have to get everything done in one go. Take your time and do what is comfortable in one operation. Pace out your projects so that they are fun and something to look forward too. I have things that I want to do, and have parts and materials on hand. I will get to them when it is a nice weather and I can have some quality time with warm weather and cold beer.
I know the frustrations that can arise. That is why I try to create detailed posts that go a bit deeper than step by step, so folks can be prepared for the difficult bits. And hints about which tools will not work when things get tough, and how to peen in a hex or torx head cavity that is starting to strip and reforming by driving a hardend bit into the peened head to reform the drive cavity etc. These are things that I leaned the hard way when things got bad. When I spend hours with a syringe putting oil on the head, washers and through-tapped bolt ends, I know that I will be very thankful some day if I keep the vehicle long enough to need to do repair work. Put oil in any gaps before water and salt can get there. That goes for gear style hose clamps too!
There are risks in doing you own work. There are some things that are difficult and some that require specialized tools, and some design features that are simply insane. And things can go wrong when you are doing everything right. One of the most importand survival skills is to have a feel for what a fastener is doing. You need to have a feel for movement and resistance curves. You need to know the difference between bolt movement and twisting and yielding. This is something that often is only learned the hard way. It requires that you be sensitive to the feel of things. Sometimes when removing a faster it will move a bit then start to bind. This is where you go for the penetrating oil etc, and then tighen and loosen a fastener repeatedly until you can massage it loose.
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