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04-14-2007, 09:10 AM
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Changing brakes
I have my car up on jack stands, and trying to get my calipars off. The bolts that hold them on seem to be frozen solid. Due to limited space i can only get a 1ft braker bar in, my ratchets are pretty short, so not much help there. I don't have a 17mm box wrench either. I have them soaked with kroil right noww. If anyone has any suggestions that might help it would be greatly appricated. THanks.
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#2
04-14-2007, 09:51 AM
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If you're on the ground, facing the rotor, it's clockwise to loosen. Other than that, you need to believe. If it's going to break, nothing to be done, but break it. Once the rotor is off it can be drilled and tapped. Good luck!
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04-14-2007, 09:57 AM
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Calipar off! 3 wratches and 2 braker bars later, i must admit subaru uses qualityparts. I would have thought the bolt would have died long before the tools i use. 2 craftsman wratches the guts stripped, 1 the part of the wratchet the socket connects to sheared. I broke one right-angle braker bar, but the 4th wratchet and 2nd braker bar got the job done. The bolts looked like they hadn't been touched, not a single nick.
As far as getting the rotor off, rubber mallet and flat head screwdriver do it?
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04-14-2007, 10:10 AM
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Like a dead blow hammer. Most SVX rotors have two tapped holes in them. If so run a 8X1.25 screw into them to push the rotor out. 
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04-14-2007, 10:43 AM
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#7
04-14-2007, 10:47 AM
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Got it off no problem, just tapped it 1-2 times with rubber hammer, quarter rotation, same thing, until it came off. Happened to have a 4"x1.5" steel piece that i could put in and get a c clamp to push the pistons back in. Not much room for error, it was quite a tight fit. One tire done, 3 to go. Thanks for advice.
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