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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Topic started by: sellers on 07 April 2005, 21:07

Title: brake calliper bolts? help?
Post by: sellers on 07 April 2005, 21:07

for some great reason all 4 on my 1.6 driver have been rounded to i cant undo them with an allen key, any suggestions how to get them out, and where to get some replacements

cheers

Title: Re: brake calliper bolts? help?
Post by: Mr Blue on 07 April 2005, 21:18

smack a slightly bigger socket over the whole bolt itself and this should undo it. Tip was given to me by '6' and its a top tip.

buy the bolts direct from vw for about 40p or something

Title: Re: brake calliper bolts? help?
Post by: ...joe on 07 April 2005, 21:19

or get a set of molegrips on them. these are a f**k*r and almost everyone will have had these problems before!!!

Title: Re: brake calliper bolts? help?
Post by: fin170703 on 07 April 2005, 21:30

Had the same problem. i used heat and molegrips seemed to do the trick

Title: Re: brake calliper bolts? help?
Post by: sellers on 07 April 2005, 21:36

mole grips, lol, yeah i tried them and well i tried to hard that the head of it now is all mangled up, no matter how tight i put them on it still twisted off, what did u use to heat a blow lamp? think i might cut the head off so i can get the caliper off and then try and get the mole grips onto the remaining thread?

are the ones on gti's the exact same bolt or not

Title: Re: brake calliper bolts? help?
Post by: fin170703 on 07 April 2005, 21:37

oxy/acetelene mate  :evil:

Title: Re: brake calliper bolts? help?
Post by: Mr Blue on 07 April 2005, 21:44

dont cut them off. i did that and it took agez and was a messy job with the angle grinder :evil:

soak them in WD40 over night. Then smack a socket over the whole bolt and undo it that way. it will come off in seconds :smiley:

Title: Re: brake calliper bolts? help?
Post by: LPG'd Oakie on 07 April 2005, 22:10

Hmmm, guess it was you that just asked me on ebay if i had them!

Title: Re: brake calliper bolts? help?
Post by: sellers on 07 April 2005, 22:36

lol, small world, i sent the money for the clocks this morn, should arrive tomorro or sat

cheers

Title: Re: brake calliper bolts? help?
Post by: sellers on 09 April 2005, 13:20

ok so i finnally did it, got the bolts from main dealer at about 39p a bolt,

and the way i got them off was with smacking one of those star shaped bits that was bigger than the original 6mm into it and turning off with a rachet, came off realy easy. :smiley:

cheers for the help guys

Title: Re: brake calliper bolts? help?
Post by: fin170703 on 09 April 2005, 18:52

glad u sussed it bud  :smiley: