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Old 6/6/14, 06:23 PM
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Broken caliper bolts

Was trying to change my back break pads on my 2002 mustang gt. I was Turing the bolts on that hold on the caliper on an the heads snapped off of both of them. The breaks are still on and threaded just no heads. Now what? How to I get them off to change my pads?
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remove the bracket the calipers are mounted to. Remove the brake line and go to work.
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where are you located?
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Located in Brandon manitoba!
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You'll have to drill the bolts out. While you have your brakes apart. Make sure to re-grease the pins in the caliper bracket (sheeve pins?) Mine seized and I've been fighting with the rear brakes for the last month trying to get it back to normal.
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