Speaking of government bail outs, I just got notice that my VA, as of Oct.1, will be charging a co pay for all meds.
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Welcome to the rust belt mechanic life! LOLWell, I did not think the day would come but I cannot even get the caliper mounting bracket bolts loose. I had a 3+ foot breaker bar on a 21mm 6 point shallow impact socket and all it did was flex about 8" to 10". I am not set up to apply heat and here in Oregon, this is the first time I have ran in to frozen bolts like this. I told the customer no charge for the work yesterday and today and I am calling a trusted shop I know that will allow customer parts and they will take on the job.
This really pisses me off that I could not break the bolts/pins loose. If I had heat, I figure, no problem.
Plus, my 3 ton hydraulic floor jack lifted at the rear diff to set on 3 ton stands on the axle, on each side of the big diff. Then when I went to take them down, the floor jack gave up the ghost and was bypassing and could not lift the rear off the stands. Thankfully is a 4x4 truck. I put it in 4x4 and idled in gear forward and very slowly rolled forward and laid the stands down on their sides. No damage at all, except to the floor jack.
Not the rust belt in this area but I have no idea where it spent it's whole life. Did not even have surface rust in that area. Had about 160k miles and do not know if the calipers brackets had ever been off. I would assume, at that mileage, that pads had at least been done before.Welcome to the rust belt mechanic life! LOL
GM uses some god awful loctite on the caliper mounting bolts for sure. It's blue and wicked......I never reapply any sort of loctite....ever, there's enough left on the threads for another 150k.
A MAPP gass torch might have been enough if you heated the head and let it permeate in. Usually takes a few tries, but I've also seem many times that you need Acetylene torch power to make a difference.
Was it the 1st brake job ever on the truck? Or did some dingbat just run it home with a 1/2 impact prior?