Frozen caliper bolts

[Phil Payne]

> I have my 89 100 up on jacks at the minute and I've run into a snag in
> replacing the rotors. It seems like the caliper carrier bolts are
> frozen. I've soaked them with WD-40 and pulled on them pretty good but
> they are not moving.

These are absolute sods sometimes.  I usually use a wire brush (Nakita DC3000 right-angle drill) and some Lubrice, then a six-point socket and a breaker bar pushed by a foot.  Your legs are a lot stronger than your arms to get these beasts cracked.  One problem is that it doesn't get any easier - even once you've got the bolt to move, you have to drag the corroded end (it protrudes the other side and rusts there, too) right through the hole.  Every single turn is a major effort.

This was one of the reasons I bought a long-handled 72-click ratchet.

Hang in there - they're all like that.



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