Caliper Bracket Removal

[Mountaineer]

What is the best way to get the nuts off the caliper bracket. I think they are 7/8 inch, but they won't budge and it's hard to put any weight on the ratchet when it's deep in the wheel well. I gotta replace my rotors and I gotta get the caliper bracket off. Should I buy a rubber mallet and take it to the wrench, or just get a hernia getting it the old fashioned way?

[Spike36ff]

I believe they are 19mm, and you can use a 1/2" breaker bar, 1/2" air gun or a little heat from a torch

[Mountaineer]

i'm actually using a breaker bar, but I don't have a 19mm socket, but the 7/8 goes on snug. It's on there tight, hasn't been removed for 50,000 miles. I was thinking about using liquid wrench deep penetration.

I got it, just had to position myself better and have my g/f help!

[njcyclist]

Originally Posted by Mountaineer

i'm actually using a breaker bar, but I don't have a 19mm socket, but the 7/8 goes on snug. It's on there tight, hasn't been removed for 50,000 miles. I was thinking about using liquid wrench deep penetration.

I got it, just had to position myself better and have my g/f help!

Mountaineer,

Every fastener on our vehicles (a virtually every vehicle made these days) is metric. If you are going to be doing work on your vehicles, do yourself a favor and go to Sears and pickup a set of Metric 6pt sockets - and ratchets if you do not have good ones. This time, your standard socket may have been close enough, but next time you may round off a bolt and then you will have created a major headache for yourself. You'll be able to buy a basic set for less than you saved by doing the brakes yourself - and they will last you a lifetime.

Also, for rusty bolts nothing is better than PB Blaster. You can buy it anywhere.

[Mountaineer]

Originally Posted by njcyclist

Mountaineer,

Every fastener on our vehicles (a virtually every vehicle made these days) is metric. If you are going to be doing work on your vehicles, do yourself a favor and go to Sears and pickup a set of Metric 6pt sockets - and ratchets if you do not have good ones. This time, your standard socket may have been close enough, but next time you may round off a bolt and then you will have created a major headache for yourself. You'll be able to buy a basic set for less than you saved by doing the brakes yourself - and they will last you a lifetime.

Also, for rusty bolts nothing is better than PB Blaster. You can buy it anywhere.

Yeah I found out it's 21mm, worked like a charm

[ToddG]

Originally Posted by Mountaineer

I got it, just had to position myself better and have my g/f help!

Wow, your girl must be strong!

Good job breaking it loose. Nothing will pee on your parade worse then when you go to do a normal/simple job and run into a snag like that.

When ever I know how much time it should take me to do a job I always double it in my mind just for such things. Never know what you'll run into.

Then when I get a job done in half the time I initially predicted, I'm like "dang I'm gooooood!"