02 civic, disk brake pin bolts

External Since: Jul 31, 2005 Posts: 1

My first time changing pads on a honda. have the manual, which says
to remove the bottom pin bolt and rotate the caliper up. The bolt is
very difficult and even after loosening a couple of turns with a
breaker bar is still very stiff. I am worried about damaging it. Are
these bolts the type that are hard to turn for the whole thread
pattern? the manual says they should only be tighted to 25 ft-lbs.
It is taking a lot more than that to turn these bolts.

Louis

External Since: Oct 04, 2004 Posts: 33

did you squirt them with wd-40? they should loosen up some with that.
no they dont have a tight fit for the full rotation of the bolt, once
it breaks loose they should be quite easy to turn. You sure you
loosened the correct bolt?

fish

On Sun, 31 Jul 2005 18:28:18 GMT, THE LAD
<delgadola1remove1.TakeThisOut@yahoo.com> wrote:

>My first time changing pads on a honda. have the manual, which says
>to remove the bottom pin bolt and rotate the caliper up. The bolt is
>very difficult and even after loosening a couple of turns with a
>breaker bar is still very stiff. I am worried about damaging it. Are
>these bolts the type that are hard to turn for the whole thread
>pattern? the manual says they should only be tighted to 25 ft-lbs.
>It is taking a lot more than that to turn these bolts.
>
>Louis