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Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 9:42 pm 
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is there some trick or easy way to undo the rear caliper bolts on an EL

i been swinging on these and they wont budge and im afaid of rounding the heads
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Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 9:43 pm 
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are u sure ur not doing them up?

 

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Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 9:47 pm 
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duh yes - i know how to undo a bolt but these are on fukin tight
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Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 10:50 pm 
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To be honest i never had a problem unding front or rear caliper bolts an seeing as they are under 50NM they arent exactly tight.

If you are rears the the spanner has to do clockwise from the outside of the car.

Make sure you use a decent set of RING spanners or a decent set of of Sockets. If you are worried about roding the bolts then get a wire brush and a set of impact sockets and do it that way.

I live in aberfoyle park so if you need a hand tomorrow or what ever shoot me a email before 4pm to stomper.one@gmail.com or ring me after 4:20 on 0406 962 033...the names ben.:)

 

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Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 10:56 pm 
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give them a bit of a soak with some wd40 or crc if you have some. as stomper said, make sure you are using the correct size socket or ring spanner. then try to fit another spanner or bar onto it for a bit more leverage. obviously hasn't been done for a while.

where abouts are you. i'm in woodcroft. send a pm if you need a hand.

 

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Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 10:59 pm 
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cheers thks for the offer of help but i think i be ok

ive never had any probs either in the past but these fukers are tight or seized or rusted on - i dont think they have ever been off b4

ill get some wd40 and a breaker bar - and btw i only ever use quality tools

usually a ring spanner and a 3lb hammer will undo any bolt/nut but not these bastards :roll:
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Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 1:42 am 
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yeah somtimes you have to do the ring spanner over socket to turn the &%().

 

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Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 7:18 pm 
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i got the bastard off finally 8-)

drivers side was a pig and the passenger side fell off almost :roll:
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Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 8:55 pm 
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tiny56 wrote:
i got the bastard off finally 8-)

drivers side was a pig and the passenger side fell off almost :roll:


Those bolts should have been Loctited on, so put it back on when you refit them, or they'll come loose and fall out. Seen it happen.

 

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Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 9:42 pm 
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yes ive done that with medium strength(blue) loctite

drivers side wasnt loctited - i think it was done up by gorilla boy and it looked like it had some clay based grease that had hardened
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