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- From: Michel_Denber.WBST147@xerox.com
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: caliper seizure
- Date: 11 Nov 1992 09:23:37 -0600
- Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
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- "WD40, penetrating oil and even industrial strength iodine wouldn't
- free it enough."
-
- I don't even bother with that stuff (iodine??). It's no big deal to just pull
- the two bolts that hold the caliper on and relubricate them (on GM cars
- anyway). Are you sure the entire caliper really needed replacing? At worst, I
- would think new bolts should do the trick. I also put anti-seize on the bolt
- threads and on the caliper housing bracket (although there's technically
- supposed to be 0.005" - 0.012" clearance there). I also replace the mounting
- bolt O-rings (because the shop manual says to - they didn't appear to have
- anything wrong with them).
-
- Another thing that helps prevent seizures is to make sure those little rubber
- boots that go over the ends of the caliper bolts haven't fallen off. They
- really help keep moisture out of the calipers. They were missing on one side
- of my wife's car and the bolts were hell to remove. The other side had them
- and the bolts came right off.
-
- - Michel
-
- denber.wbst147@xerox.com
-
- Fire Sale on Quayle Quotes; send 'em while there's still time: "Give a man a
- fish and he'll fish today. Teach a man to fish and he'll fish for the rest of
- his life. Those are the principles we stand for." -- D. Quayle, Sept. 1992
-