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Well my Scooby hates me
Thought I'd have a go at the brakes.. simple enough job, with the guide on here.
Passenger side first .. all comes apart, apart from one of the pins .. wont come out ..
Fast forward two weeks of grinding and drilling and finally in the ice and the snow it pops out..
YAY
Onto the drivers side .. can't undo the ****ing caliper bolt ..
Why did I even think I could do this .. now I have one new side and one very very worn side ..
Am I ok to drive to the garage to let someone with some sense look at it ?
Passenger side first .. all comes apart, apart from one of the pins .. wont come out ..
Fast forward two weeks of grinding and drilling and finally in the ice and the snow it pops out..
YAY
Onto the drivers side .. can't undo the ****ing caliper bolt ..
Why did I even think I could do this .. now I have one new side and one very very worn side ..
Am I ok to drive to the garage to let someone with some sense look at it ?
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yeah it will be safe, it may feel weird under braking if you have brand new pads that havent bed in on one side and old pads that bite the other, so maybe not in thick snow but the car wont explode
I used a bar with socket and a trolley jack against it on hard to shift bolts,
so the weight of the car is helping remove the bolt.
I used a bar with socket and a trolley jack against it on hard to shift bolts,
so the weight of the car is helping remove the bolt.
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I cant remember where i saw it but you can buy a freeze aerosol, spray it on for around 30 secs and leave the cold cracks the rust away leaving everything easy to undo
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The brembos tend to snap when seized,i did all my brakes on my old sti,got all off till the very last bolt on the rear,it snapped ! Had to remove caliper and retap.not what you want on the cold wet floor on a trolly jack !
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Ok using a bar but if it or the socket slips, you'll probably end up with rounded heads.
I just pre soaked mine with some Penol from work the night before.
If it wasn't for bushes and pipes, a bit of heat would work wonders.
I just pre soaked mine with some Penol from work the night before.
If it wasn't for bushes and pipes, a bit of heat would work wonders.
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Trouble is with brutally attacking a bolt in an ally thread is chances are your either going to pick up on the thread on the way out which strips the ally thread and comes out with the bolt, or the bolt will snap.
Plenty of penetration and a constant weight behind a breaker bar rather than constantly jolting it, and if its stiff try doing it up a little bit more before slackening it off, often helps I find if you can tighten it that is, if its tight coming out keep penetrating it and work it in and out, rather than trying to wind out the bolt all the way tightly as chances are it will pick up on a thread, not always but its a bitch if you ain't got the tools to do it and have to píss about running around etc
Plenty of penetration and a constant weight behind a breaker bar rather than constantly jolting it, and if its stiff try doing it up a little bit more before slackening it off, often helps I find if you can tighten it that is, if its tight coming out keep penetrating it and work it in and out, rather than trying to wind out the bolt all the way tightly as chances are it will pick up on a thread, not always but its a bitch if you ain't got the tools to do it and have to píss about running around etc
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