I pledge never to try to improve myself again, ever

[mikebw]

vision63 wrote:
Get one donut and a diet coke.

Skip the diet coke, you've suffered enough already.

[chopper]

For brakes on an older vehicle or one that sees real Winter use I start by spraying every fitting down on it with a good penetrating oil. Then more in a few days. Then maybe 2 weeks later I think about tearing into it.

[pRICE cUBE]

chopper wrote:
For brakes on an older vehicle or one that sees real Winter use I start by spraying every fitting down on it with a good penetrating oil. Then more in a few days. Then maybe 2 weeks later I think about tearing into it.

I sprayed a whole can of Liquid Wrench penetrating oil in every possible spot for a month. By all accounts, it should have come off after I hit it with the sledge hammer.

[mikebw]

pRICE cUBE wrote:
[quote=chopper]
For brakes on an older vehicle or one that sees real Winter use I start by spraying every fitting down on it with a good penetrating oil. Then more in a few days. Then maybe 2 weeks later I think about tearing into it.

I sprayed a whole can of Liquid Wrench penetrating oil in every possible spot for a month. By all accounts, it should have come off after I hit it with the sledge hammer.
Wait, did you start with a sledgehammer? That is usually a near last resort tool.

[DinerDave]

I finished my basement years ago, sub floor with insulation, false walls with insulation sandwiched to wall and ceiling. Had help with ceiling.
The basement is well insulated and functional, but not good enough for upstairs, It's good for a basement. I hire people to do the main parts of the house, learned my limits long ago.

Dave

[cbelt3]

FWIW.. most of those videos are by people in the desert where rust isn't a factor. Oh look ! It comes apart easy ! :banghead:

I had that issue with my daughter's friend's POS Chevy... one disc WOULD NOT COME OFF. So I hillbilly 'turned' it with a grinder. Then it turned out the calipers were shot to heck. And both wheels heated up like they were in a blast furnace.

So I drove it to the repair shop I used (stopping every mile to pour water on the wheels to keep them from melting). And left a pitiful note declaring I had given up.

They ended up having to use a torch to cut off the offending disc. Which I thought of, but would have caused a house and possibly life ending explosion....

I still do disc brakes, but when stuff refuses to come apart like it's supposed to.. yeah, I call the experts. Oh, and I coat removable surfaces with break free lube before I put 'em together, so I can tear them apart later.

[pRICE cUBE]

mikebw wrote:
[quote=pRICE cUBE]
[quote=chopper]
For brakes on an older vehicle or one that sees real Winter use I start by spraying every fitting down on it with a good penetrating oil. Then more in a few days. Then maybe 2 weeks later I think about tearing into it.

I sprayed a whole can of Liquid Wrench penetrating oil in every possible spot for a month. By all accounts, it should have come off after I hit it with the sledge hammer.
Wait, did you start with a sledgehammer? That is usually a near last resort tool.

Yes, it was the last resort. I tried pushing it out with screws on a trick on also saw on Youtube and the screws broke. EVERYTHING went wrong except my jack and jack stand kept the vehicle suspended.

[nwyaker]

chopper wrote:
For brakes on an older vehicle or one that sees real Winter use I start by spraying every fitting down on it with a good penetrating oil. Then more in a few days. Then maybe 2 weeks later I think about tearing into it.

:agree:

[Filliam H. Muffman]

Just be glad you don't own an Audi.
Step One: remove engine.

[Speedy]

I can empathize. I removed everything old, installed the new pads and then the calipers wouldn't slide on no matter what I did. I reinstalled the old pads, took it to a mechanic friend and let him do it.