Well I decided to do all the brakes myself on the monty this week. I put all new rotors and pads on the front brakes and painted the bracket and caliper to dress it up and it all went very smooth. Now the back is a different story. First caliper bolt I attempted to remove was completely seized. so after many douses of PB blaster I had to break out the pipe wrench. Not even the pipe wrench budged it. I even used a torch on the damn thing and NOTHING! Now the bolt is all chewed to crap and I have to have a shop take care of it. Then tear it all apart again to paint the calipers. I'm soo friggin pissed right now. I hate shops.

 

Sometimes you have to know when it's something you can't do

At least you saved $100 doing the fronts yourself.

 

Man that sux for sure but deff good u got the front done & saved money

 

sucks that the rears didn't work out well, im surprised it chewed it up with a socket tho!

glad you go the fronts done

 

That's harse you had to have the shop do the rear for you, but like others said at least you saved some $$$ doing the front yourself.


I think the bold faced above is probably what chewed up the head of the bolt. I've had to put a 'cheater bar' on the end of a wrench or rachet a few times to break a stubborn bolt loose, but never a pipe wrench. Sometimes tapping the area around the bolt with a hammer while trying to loosen it will aid in breaking it free.

 

well what happened to begin with was the bolt got rounded right off with the first attempt. I did wack it with a hammer to try to jar it loose and that didnt work. Then I put the torch to it and still nothing. Luckily The shop can get me in tomorrow morning. Like i said, the sucky thing is even when they finish the job I will have to take it all apart again to paint the caliper.

 

Whoa sorry to hear that! i'm thinking about doing all 4 rotors & pads in 2 weeks.

 

I need to do brakes on my 04 so I hope I don't run into that problem.

Wayne

 

If you painted the calipers with the G2 kit you could just brush it on and not have to take anything off but the tires

 

I had this happen once. I fought with it for about 10 mins then realized I was turning it the wrong way. I usually just tap on the wrench with a rubber mallet. Also 6 point wrenches work best.