[s-cars] Stuck G60 calliper

[Paul Heneghan]

I had a couple of rear callipers with this problem a couple of years ago.

One was fairly easy to break loose.  I mounted it in a vice, applied lots of
Kroil equivalent, got a socket on the hex end of the pin and applied torque
cw and ccw until it shifted.

The other needed lots of heat from a butane torch (I'd previously removed
everything from the calliper body except for the stuck pin) before it would
shift.  In both cases, I cleaned the pin (one needed a little attention with
400 grit paper), greased it and reassembled everything.

Paul

-----Original Message-----
>Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2005 11:48:11 -0500
>From: Robert Myers <robert at s-cars.org>
>Subject: [s-cars] Stuck G60 caliper
>
>Hi Y'all,
>
>I have my urS6 stock G60 front brakes nearly apart.  Right side went
>smoothly and is back together with new pads.  Left side has a stuck caliper
>slide.  I haven't been able to get it to move.  Even bolting it back on the
>car and applying some rather significant leverage doesn't budge
>anything.  I have peeled back the rubber boot and have sprayed Kroil inside
>and am waiting for that to penetrate for a while.  Then I'll try again.
>
>Meanwhile, any clever little tricks I should try?
>
>Bob