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Old Oct 19, 2007 | 06:25 PM
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i want to paint my front calipers. how do you disconnect them without disconnecting the brake line. thnaks
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Old Oct 19, 2007 | 06:58 PM
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I just put a grocery bag over the rotor and painted with a brush. Been holdin up for 2+ years now
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Old Oct 19, 2007 | 07:44 PM
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Originally Posted by xxSCRAPPYxx
i want to paint my front calipers. how do you disconnect them without disconnecting the brake line. thnaks
You can't take them completely off the car.
I just unbolted them and left the brake lines attached.
I supported them on a small upside down bucket and painted around them.
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Old Oct 19, 2007 | 07:59 PM
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yea..thats what i meant... so you just un bolt the two bolts from the bracket? i tried that on the rear ones and they wouldnt un bolt.
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Old Oct 19, 2007 | 08:23 PM
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yeah, just undo the two 15mm bolts and support the calipers on something so you can paint them
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Old Oct 19, 2007 | 10:33 PM
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Originally Posted by xxSCRAPPYxx
yea..thats what i meant... so you just un bolt the two bolts from the bracket? i tried that on the rear ones and they wouldnt un bolt.
theres a bolt and a nut if i remember correctly. on the rear you also have the ebrake cable.
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Old Oct 20, 2007 | 09:39 AM
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Originally Posted by xxSCRAPPYxx
yea..thats what i meant... so you just un bolt the two bolts from the bracket? i tried that on the rear ones and they wouldnt un bolt.
Did you unbolt the caliper, or the brackets?

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theres a bolt and a nut if i remember correctly. on the rear you also have the ebrake cable.
The cable goes to the parking brake shoes in the back side of the rear rotors. They have nothing to do with the calipers themselves.
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