jason02z28

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hey guys i decided to change the brakes and i cant even get the calipers off. i loosened up the 2 12mm bolts but i still cant get them off. any suggestions on what might work??

00'WS6Rocket

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you have to take the brake pad bracket off as well, then you have to c-clamp the brakes together so the piston goes in, then you can pull it off

bmfcamaro

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take off the whole thing at once. sounds like you are loosing the bolts that dont come off. should be 2 big bolts bigger than 12mm i think.

00'WS6Rocket

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get a 6inch c-clamp and put one end on the brake pad and the other end on the other side on the caliper and start clamping it, make sure you watch the brake fliud so it doesn't over flow. when you clamp it the brake piston will get pushed back inside and the caliper will come right off the rotor

00'WS6Rocket

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you will loosen 4 screws two small ones and two big ones

jason02z28

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When you say to take off the brake pad bracket are you talking about the bracket that the 12mm bolts are attached to. I loosened the 12mm bolts but they do not back off enough for the bracket with the pads to pull away from the brake discs. Are you talking about the complete assembly where you have to remove the 18mm bolts?

00'WS6Rocket

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the complete assembly i believe has to come off give me a sec and ill rcheck

00'WS6Rocket

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o the brake bracket doesn't have to come off have you already c-clamped the caliper yet?

00'WS6Rocket

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ok I think I know what you problem is when you loosed those two bolts from the brake pad braket, you'll have to completely remove them.. when you turn the bolt to loosen you'll have to use a wrench by the rubber part cause the whole thing turns inside..( you'll see a flat spot on the smooth part of the bolt where the rubber is, put the wrench there and start backing the the bolt out

00'WS6Rocket

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kind of hard to explain but you'll see or feel the flat spot and know what i'm talking about, i wish i remembered what size wrench I used

00'WS6Rocket

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Did you get it off?

jason02z28

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yeah thanks for the help guys. i finally got everything off and the new pads in. I dont know what i would do with out ls1tech

00'WS6Rocket

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awsome! i changed my brake pads and rotors last week so It was still fresh in my mind

IVRedZ28LS1

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Which rotors and brake pads did you go with? Thanks

Foxxtron

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For reference, here's a version with pictures as well, thanks to mitchntx's contribution to the website:

http://www.installuniversity.com/ins...ds_mwarren.htm

00'WS6Rocket

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Just the ones at Autozone, ceramic pads and the top of the line rotors.. my car was pulsating on stops