Broken Bolt
04-11-05, 08:49 PM
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Broken Bolt
Well my life just got tougher! I did the front brakes on my 86 GXL no problem, when I started to remove the REAR drivers side caliper I broke the top bolt off flush. (first bolt I touched on the rear don`t ya know) Any suggestions on getting this freeking bolt out. Its gotta get done real soon as I`m going into withdrawal cause I can`t drive my 7 and we finally have sunshine here in Detroit.
04-11-05, 08:52 PM
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hahaha.....happened to me once....i ended up getting the entire bracket from the junkyard....dont feel bad..i had my bleeder valve break on me too cause it was so rusted out...then better yet...the easy out bit broke inside of the bleed valve
04-11-05, 09:00 PM
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I rolled down a mountian
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a good impact wrench is a good investment. no more broken bolts.
ok, you need to center punch, center drill, drill the bolt out of there.
doing all this on a bench would make it easier.
or you could just shine it, the rears dont wear all that much. The fronts take most of the wear.
ok, you need to center punch, center drill, drill the bolt out of there.
doing all this on a bench would make it easier.
or you could just shine it, the rears dont wear all that much. The fronts take most of the wear.
04-11-05, 09:05 PM
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Yeah i agree with gear grabber... Center punch the bolt... Drill it out and buy and e-z out kit.. Heat up the bolt to expand the surrounding metal pound in the e-z out and twist out the bolt!
04-11-05, 10:41 PM
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I just did my brakes over the weekend and snapped two bolts. But my parts car with the southern drawl was willing to give up the spares I needed.
Don't you just love these crappy Michigan roads and 5million pounds of road salt we get to deal with every year?
Don't you just love these crappy Michigan roads and 5million pounds of road salt we get to deal with every year?
