I pledge never to try to improve myself again, ever

[mikebw]

I have been successful many many times replacing brake pads and rotors, but my one big failure was trying to get the caliper off on the front passenger side to take off the rotor. One of the bolts to remove the caliper housing just would NOT come off. I resorted to using an extra jack to lift the end of my cheater bar, thinking that would turn the bolt... Well it turned the head of the bolt, but the rest of it stayed in nice and tight. Sheared right off. I could put the new pads on, but the rotor could not be removed. Had to drive it (1 mile) to a shop where they had to drill out the remaining part of the bolt. This of course damaged the threads on the caliper housing so we had to replace that whole part. All in all I came out on top for the job since I supplied all the parts.

So yeah, don't give up.