rear brakes-caliper mounting bolt

system · April 17, 2002, 4:25am

changing my pads, i could not move the drivers side rear lower caliper mounting bolt for the life of me. after stripping the s*** out of the bolt head, i took it in to midas. it was gonna be over a hundred bucks for them to remove the bolt for me, and they wanted the car all day. “yeah, the brakes on those integras are always a problem”, the guy says. he said if they did get the bolt off, there was a chance the caliper would be shot. the road salt here in michigan seems to have an adverse effect on anything metal. has anyone else had this problem?

also, i was wondering how hard it would be to throw the front brakes(rotors calipers, etc) on the back. i would then go to an aftermarket oversized setup in the front.

thank you

system · April 17, 2002, 5:17am

i actually just changed my all my pads/rotors this weekend…i didnt have any trouble w/ the caliper mounting bolts…i live in CT…the only bolts i had trouble w/ were the 2 phillips screws on the rotors…had to go to firestone…

try firestone about that bolt…charged me $15 to loosen those bolts…and $15 to get out my stripped oil drain bolt

NFULFX · April 17, 2002, 12:24pm

$100 to remove a bolt? Our brakes aren’t big problems. I would never go there again. If a place BSed you once, they’ll do it over and over.

Mine was stripped too, but that was soon solved after getting a pair of Vise Grips.

system · April 17, 2002, 3:47pm

neil’s prob right…go to another place like i also suggested…before you go though…try the vise grips…but throw some liquid wrench or somethign on there…maybe you can loosen it up

good luck

lowkey · April 22, 2002, 2:12pm

wytlytning - I am having the exact problem with mine. :sad: it is a tough to remove. I gotta try and savage it off this weekend.

system · April 22, 2002, 3:13pm

Bolt

I had the same problem this weekend when I changed my Pads. I torched the bolt housing for about 5 min, hammered a socket on, and as I was heating up the housing(being carefull not to heat for too long incase of damage to the piston/wheel bearing) I turned the bolt loose. I took quite a bit of time to get it. It you have experience, try that.