My 2006 Monte SS never has had a brake job. I tried today to change them out and put on my drilled and slotted roters

The front calipers are held in place by two bolts. These bolts will not budge. My brother-in-law and I tried heating them, WD40 and a breaker bar on the socket wrench nothing budged them.

Are these bolts maybe reversed threaded?

My brother-in-law will bring over his impact wrench and air compressor tomorrow and we will try that. These calipers never have been off the car.

Any ideas and/or suggestions are appreciated.

 

Soak them down with PB Blaster penetrating oil. I also usually put the ratchet on and tap on them with a rubber mallet. Most of the time it will break free.

 

Thank you Lou will get some PB blaster in the morning we where using WD40

 

I know it took a lot of force to release my '04 bolts last month, first time the calipers have ever been off.
I used a ratchet and sleeved a pipe over it and that did the trick.

If you heat them, if your '06 is like my '04, there are rubber bushings you might damage with heat. Also, I've learned on the rare times I use heat, try heating the head of the bolt. Once heated, let it cool for about 5 minutes then mess with it. By heating the head, the bolt expands a little in whatever it's threaded into. If you try to wrench on it right away, it's the same problem, it's stuck. Let it cool, usually brakes the bold it had and the slight expand/contract makes it easier to work with.

 

That's the best thing to do, I had to do that to get the bolts loosened on my seats which are inside, not subjected to weather and to lift my belt tensioner when I changed my serpentine belt. Simple physics, the more leverage you can get the more force is actually applied.

 

Ya we did use an 18 inch pipe over the reachet. The piston assmbly that inserts into the main part of the caliper had been taken out so the only thing left to take off the rotor is the assembly that actually hold the brake pads. ... I got replacment rubber sleeves for the those retaining bolts too. If we heat again will remember to let the bolts cool down 1st. Maybe we didn't let them cool down enough.

Will try again today hopefully brother in law will be by with his impact ratchet today.

Will also try that PB penetrating oil. Never encountered such a stubborn bolt

Really apprecaite the feed back friends. Tired of seeing the Deuce on jackstands I want to get her out of storage really bad.

 

Hi `Tadd, I heard the bolts used on your year & model are female Yes, that's what I've heard...They were machined/created to be stubborn

Good Luck on getting yours `Free

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Thanks for the links Space!

 

Got it off!!!! that PB blaster and the pipe with a ratchet did it!

Hardly needed the hammer either (but I did use it)

Thanks Friends! Drinks on me!!

 

That is up lifting news!! Hopefully that's the hard part DONE!

I hear ya on wanting to get the Deuce out on the road. My Monte right now is in middle of multiple projects (waiting for some parts to come back to finish the big one). But right now the one I'm not sure I wanted to rip into was changing the evaporator core, but I'm pretty heavy into it and it's a PAIN IMO.