Help With Calipers

[cweddie96]

Please help!! I attempted to change my rotors but couldn't get the damn caliper bracket bolts loose!! I tried "liquid wrench" to loosen them and they wouldn't even budge. I broke 2 sockets trying to loosen them.

Any ideas on how to loosen the bolts?

[illsmokeyou]

theyre torqued down REAL good..... try a torque wrench, or a long 15mm wrench that will give you some leverage. A good idea also is to turn the steering wheel outward so that you will have room to get leverage

[Scooter]

:cool: Air Tools!!

[erimar77]

Make sure you use a breaker bar, or put a long tube on the end of the ratchet for leverage.

[tjc13]

Did you break the actual "socket" or the wrench? Also, how are you going about breaking these bolts free and managing to break sockets? You WILL need a good wrench and a good set of metric sockets. Like the others said, use a breaker bar. If all else fails you may have to take it to a shop with air tools to get those bolts loose. I had 1996 Monte Carlo and when I went to change it's breaks in 2000 they hadn't been changed for years. We ended up breaking a Craftsman wrench and a Matco air ratchet (the ratchet was a POS but never the less we broke it). Good Luck.