breaking up corrosion
04-10-2007, 04:28 AM
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Originally Posted by NotalesS' post='867473' date='Apr 10 2007, 02:11 AM
Heat up? are you trying to melt the bolt into it!?!??!
no... i asked to get a second opinion... i was told buy a guy at work to do that...
unless you have a better way of freeing it up
04-10-2007, 02:53 PM
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Originally Posted by 1988RedT2' post='867490' date='Apr 10 2007, 07:32 AM
Sorry. What bolt are we talking about exactly? Front? Hub? The hub is made of aluminum, the spindle is iron. Hub carrier? Whazzat?
ok...
where the brake caliper attaches to the rear carrier, the hole isnt threaded... just the caliper is... so all i need to do is pound out whats left of the bolt thats stuck in the hole...
but the inside of the hole is full if this white hard powder (corrosion i presume)and thats whats keeping me from pounding the bolt out...
pic:
red: broken bolt im trying to pound out
green: carrier, hole is corroded
blue: caliper bracket, hole is threaded
04-10-2007, 03:29 PM
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can you move the caliper at all?
if so just heat it up and swing the caliper up and down, spray some pb, swing caliper, torch, swing, pb, swing, torch, swing, pb, etc.
its a very long ordeal, i hate when the slides on some calipers freeze inside the brackets, such a bitch.
kevin.
if so just heat it up and swing the caliper up and down, spray some pb, swing caliper, torch, swing, pb, swing, torch, swing, pb, etc.
its a very long ordeal, i hate when the slides on some calipers freeze inside the brackets, such a bitch.
kevin.
04-10-2007, 03:33 PM
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Originally Posted by teknics' post='867548' date='Apr 10 2007, 03:29 PM
can you move the caliper at all?
if so just heat it up and swing the caliper up and down, spray some pb, swing caliper, torch, swing, pb, swing, torch, swing, pb, etc.
its a very long ordeal, i hate when the slides on some calipers freeze inside the brackets, such a bitch.
kevin.
yea... right now, the caliper itself is removed from the bracket... and i can move the bracket freely (pivots on that bolt)
04-10-2007, 03:37 PM
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so the bracket moves freely?
so that means no using the bracket to move the bolt.
**** it cut the carrier, thing that you marked in green, off and unscrew the bit you cut off from the caliper bracket.
other then that option, youve got a LOT of drilling to do, cause thats the only other idea i have lmao.
kevin.
so that means no using the bracket to move the bolt.
**** it cut the carrier, thing that you marked in green, off and unscrew the bit you cut off from the caliper bracket.
other then that option, youve got a LOT of drilling to do, cause thats the only other idea i have lmao.
kevin.