Frozen caliper bolts

[alan pritchard]

i had the same problem on my cgt, impact, heat, penetrant, wrong size
socket, nothing works, in the end i arc welded a much larger nut on it then
swung off it with a breaker bar.  NIGHTMARE
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Williams" <campvw at home.com>
To: <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2001 7:04 PM
Subject: Frozen caliper bolts


> HI guys,
> 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. I don't have the car on a lift so I don't have much
> room for leverage. I looks like these are the original rotors with
> 160,000 miles on it. Any suggestions for getting them off? I don't have
> an impact wrench. I was thinking about using a butane torch on them but
> afraid I'll catch something on fire with all the WD-40 so I am a bit
> limited.
> Any help is greatly appreciated
> Thanks
> Mike Williams
>