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Brake Caliper Guide Pin: Stuck 900

posted by  chris herbst on  Tue May 28 06:33 CST 2002
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One effective way to free the pin is to turn it back and forth while trying to extract it. It's not the easiest thing to do, and if it doesn't work, you are going to be in the market for a caliper carrier. There is really no way around that except to prevent it, unfortunately. The good thing is, the caliper carriers aren't hideously expensive, just inconvenient because you have to GET the part before you can put it in :)

At some point, even if you DO get the pin out, it becomes silly to put it back in, since it's pitted and rusty. To rid it of the pits and the rust, you have to slice a layer off, and then the tolerances get bigger... plus you can't easily polish the inside of the caliper guide pin bore anyway. You see what I'm saying I'm sure... you're probably just better off replacing the part.
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