stuck 4kq front brake caliper carrier

[R Mangas]

Slip the guy at the muffler shop $10 to hoist it and impact it, then tighten
with a wrench go home and replace the fasteners.




>From: "passat TS" <passat_ts at hotmail.com>
>To: george164 at earthlink.net, quattro at audifans.com
>Subject: Re: stuck 4kq front brake caliper carrier
>Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 01:32:34 +0000
>
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>Penetrating Oil if you have the time and patience
>
>  or
>
>Torch if you don't.
>
>Also, did you try to bang the bolt with a hammer. The vibration of the
>impact
>sometimes help.
>
>Talking about the jack, it seems that you did the trick of lifting the car
>by
>the handle of the ratchet, if not, try it. It sometimes work, but be very
>careful. It's not stable at all. When I have to do it, I chase with another
>jack, so it will seat on the second jack if it something break.
>
>Good luck,
>
>Carlos.
>ps. Don't you love to hear the Sears guy: "How did you do that?!?".
> >From: george nimmer
> >To: quattro at audifans.com
> >Subject: stuck 4kq front brake caliper carrier
> >Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 16:32:44 -0500 (GMT)
> >
> >I'm trying to replace the front brake pads and rotors on my '84 4kq.
> >
> >I was able to successfully do this on the left front, but not on the
>right
>front.
> >
> >The left front caliper carrier bolts were very difficult to remove. I
>ended
>up using a short length of pipe over the handle of my ratchet (to increase
>my
>mechanical advantage), and the tire jack (dont ask!) but the bolts both
>finally let go.
> >
> >On the right front caliper carrier, I wasn't so lucky. These bolts were
>so
>stuck, that my Craftsman brand socket actually split!! I kept at 'em with
>the
>box end wrench and a 5 pound hammer, but made no progress.
> >
> >Does anyone have any tips on removing these most stubborn bolts?
> >
> >Thanks!!
> >
> >George
> >'84 and '85 4kq's
>
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