Re: Help, with brake hex bolt

[Shawn C Meze <skerocdriver@juno.com>]

On Sat, 25 Sep 1999 12:51:31 -0400 "ian" <e@sbbs.se> writes:
>I stripped one of the hex bolts holding the caliper on, any ideas on how
to
>get that sucker out. I now have it soaking in liquid wrench until I
figure
>out what to do
>Here's another plug for trying to do your own stuff, I had the brakes
done
>by Avelinos last time, must have been that 1000lb gorilla that tightened
all
>the bolts, because they are not giving when they should.


Is this the 7mm pins for the carrier or so you have hex bolts holding the
caliper on?

If this is for the guide pins:
You might want to go ahead and buy a rebuild kit to replace the teflon
bushings and buy 2 new guide pins because once you mar the surface of the
2 guide pins, they wont work right. 

The easiest way is to remove the caliper and fenagle the pads out of the
carriers. Then you should be able to slide the carrier off the caliper.
This will give you access to the stuck pins.

if this is to remove the caliper from the car:
Drill out the head of the hex bolt. If the hex is stripped, your not
gonna hurt anything so go ahead and drill away. Just don't drill into
anything other than the hex head. Make the drill side just a little
larger than the bolt shank size. Drill into the hex, then you should be
able to break off the head of the bolt. Drop the caliper and then you
should be able to remove the rest of the bolt with a pair of vice grips.
HTH!


              Shawn Meze
86' Jetta GLi           82' Scirocco GTi
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best looking Scirocco in all of San Diego!
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