Rear Brake Carrier Mounting Bolts!!!

[Andy Douglas]

What the best method of removing the rear brake carrier bolts, the hex.head ones that hold the carrier to the strut!! all friendly attempts have failedmine's a 90q but they are all similar.
Thanks Andy

[Phil Payne]

Originally Posted by Andy Douglas

What the best method of removing the rear brake carrier bolts, the hex.head ones that hold the carrier to the strut!! all friendly attempts have failedmine's a 90q but they are all similar.

I've never had a serious problem with them - you have to be careful to clean the head out, then hammer the driver in and put a wrench on. Did four on a car last week.

Otherwise angle grind the head off.

[Andy Douglas]

Thanks Phil Got them soaking with penatrating fluid I'll try later.

[Phil Payne]

Originally Posted by Andy Douglas

Thanks Phil Got them soaking with penatrating fluid I'll try later.

Another little trick is to grind the chamfer off the very end of the driver to create a sharp edge. The the driver will scrape the rust off as you tap it in. You can pull it out, get rid of the rust, and tap it in again.

[quattrostyle]

you can also try to hit the head of the hex bolt from the side, give it a few hard knocks then hammer the driver in and off they come.

[mikes2]

the other option is a set of these

http://www.uktools.com/irwin-5pc-bol...s-p-11525.html

You'll need new bolts afterwards but sounds like you need them anyway