RichardCranium
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Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you the 2010 Threadlock Champion of the World. After over 9 years and 202,000 miles, I found it hidden on my own truck!
This bolt hadn't been removed since my Tahoe was assembled in late 2009, it's a caliper bracket bolt. To prove that, both assembly line speed washers were still holding both rear rotors on. By the time I had it out, I was lightheaded and in a cold sweat. When I finally had this bolt out and in my hand, I was slightly delusional and visualized it as a huge blue Marlin......who put up an epic fight for hours.
Apparently it's also not a good idea to exert so much energy immediately after eating General Tso's chicken, either. After an unexpected phone call on the porcelain megaphone, I got it back together.
If you haven't "been there" with the rear caliper bracket bolts, I was doing this on a jack/jackstand. There is no room to get a good turn with a breaker bar, and there isn't enough room to get a good spin with the double wrench technique. I might have been able to get a universal on with my impact gun, but I didn't feel like dying that way with the angle I would have been applying over 900ft/lb of torque through that joint. I turned wrenches for a living before, been there.......done that. I had to suck it up and turn it out by hand. Weird part, this is the only one that fought me. I'm pretty sure R2D2 had a power surge or something when he put this bolt in on the assembly line......
This bolt hadn't been removed since my Tahoe was assembled in late 2009, it's a caliper bracket bolt. To prove that, both assembly line speed washers were still holding both rear rotors on. By the time I had it out, I was lightheaded and in a cold sweat. When I finally had this bolt out and in my hand, I was slightly delusional and visualized it as a huge blue Marlin......who put up an epic fight for hours.
Apparently it's also not a good idea to exert so much energy immediately after eating General Tso's chicken, either. After an unexpected phone call on the porcelain megaphone, I got it back together.
If you haven't "been there" with the rear caliper bracket bolts, I was doing this on a jack/jackstand. There is no room to get a good turn with a breaker bar, and there isn't enough room to get a good spin with the double wrench technique. I might have been able to get a universal on with my impact gun, but I didn't feel like dying that way with the angle I would have been applying over 900ft/lb of torque through that joint. I turned wrenches for a living before, been there.......done that. I had to suck it up and turn it out by hand. Weird part, this is the only one that fought me. I'm pretty sure R2D2 had a power surge or something when he put this bolt in on the assembly line......
