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Originally Posted by BigShow1960
I was unable to break the Caliper bolts free, I even went out and bought an electric impact wrench. They just would not budge. I guess I hat to take it to a shop.
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You need a good, long breaker bar and prefer a 6-pt vs. 12-pt socket. I break them loose by hand but with the car on my lift. With the thread locker and high torque (with extra angle for clamp load), they take a good pull / push to break them free.
Whether you or the shop does them, make sure to clean out the old thread locker out of the knuckle threads with acetone or something similar. New bolts have the thread locker patch on them, or clean off the residual thread locker and reapply as per the Service Manual.