Hello,

 

I tried to fit my new 3G discs tonight but cannot get the caliper off. I tried undoing the 2 big bolts at the rear as this is what i think is holding the caliper on, but the buggers wont budge, am i doing the rights bolts or should i be trying others. :cry:

 

Thanks all for your great help as ever.

 

Ant

is it theese ones?..had to do mine recently for a wheel bearing...tight...

 

http://300zx-twinturbo.com/cgi-bin/manual.cgi?list=br&dir=&config=&refresh=&direction=forward&scale=0&cycle=off&slide=13&design=default&total=56

is it theese ones?..had to do mine recently for a wheel bearing...tight...

 

http://300zx-twinturbo.com/cgi-bin/manual.cgi?list=br&dir=&config=&refresh=&direction=forward&scale=0&cycle=off&slide=13&design=default&total=56

 

Yes mate there the ones, so at least i was trying the right ones, cannot for the life of me get these undone, what did you use, i was using a socket set but just cant get the leaverage.

 

Cheers

 

ant

breaker bar, bout 2 feet longer than a ratchet, lots o swearing and ferked knuckles!, bust my socket on one of them....good excuse to buy a new set though!!!

Am about on Thursday daytime if you are still stuck, let me know?

I used a ring spanner and a rubber faced mallet, worked a treat :)

breaker bar, bout 2 feet longer than a ratchet, lots o swearing and ferked knuckles!, bust my socket on one of them....good excuse to buy a new set though!!!

Am about on Thursday daytime if you are still stuck, let me know?

 

Excellent thanks mate, i'll see if my neighbours got one and try again tomorrow night.

 

Thanks for the offer but i am at work days so only get the evenings to work on the Zed.

 

Thanks again mate.

 

Ant

Worse case mate take it to kwik git, they will loosen the bolts for you with a air gun, then you can get them to retighten them and drive home and DIY.....:)

 

They then should be loose enough for ya!!

wd-40 the night before ,breaker bar and stand on it works a treat just make sure your turning the 2 bolts the right way like i dident to start with!doh

You've taken the pads out first right Ant ?

 

If you are still stuck tomorrow pop her round about 18:30ish.

You've taken the pads out first right Ant ?

 

If you are still stuck tomorrow pop her round about 18:30ish.

 

Yeah i took the pads out first but couldnt undo the bolts and gave up and put the old pads back in :mad:

 

I'll call ya later mate thanks.

 

Ant

Thank guys for all your help i'll give it another go tonight before i have to take it to Stuarts and bother him ;)

WD-40 won't really work that well. If you ever buy new bolts you will see they are pre thread-locked and this is what is holding them in ;) Just good old fashioned leverage will do it. You can use a ring spanner (ring one end, open ended the other), put the ring end on the bolt, then use a 1/2" drive extension on the other end - insert one half of the "C" into the extension. Hope that makes enough sense? If you try it you'll see. This can come in VERY handy sometimes ;)

strong ringspanner and then hammer it until it breaks loose.

 

the problem with extensions is that you don't have much room in that area to get a good grip and actually move the spanner.

 

-Eric

Unless you turn the steering ;)

:hyper: :hyper:

 

All done, had to go to Stuarts and use the breaker bar on them, half hour each wheel, excellent, do feel better but still bedding them in should notice in 50 miles or so cant wait.

 

Thanks to Stuart for letting me use his tools and drive, thanks mate.

 

Thanks to all others for advice and Splatt your offer to assist.

 

Ant

Unless you turn the steering ;)

 

I thought it was about the rear calipers and turning the steering doesn't seem to do much at the rear ;)

LOL then its time to plug the conZult in and go for a simulated drive in hicas mode ;):D

 

PS No I'm not serious :D

Thanks to Stuart for letting me use his tools and drive, thanks mate.

 

No probs mate. As long as you don't mention what I was doing while you were playing with my tools !! :eek: :nelson: