Brake cailper bolts.

[wayner007]

Just a quickie what direction do the front calliper bolts turn on the 2.5 n/a 85 model? Rusted on big time so want to know for sure before cutting the buggers off.
Before photo>

As you can see pretty rusted up needs a good refurb and clean then its paint time.

 

[sulzeruk]

Anti clockwise, just normal bolts!
Alasdair

 

[wayner007]

ORIGINAL: sulzeruk

Anti clockwise, just normal bolts!
Alasdair

Cheers sulzeruk thought so so, as there the other way around its still clockwise from the inside of the wheel arch as such.
Tried everything today might just have to strip the hub down and cut and drill them out.

 

[Big Dave]

WOW.
Looking at that picture.
I think ide be cutting the whole strut assembly off + starting again. Thats proper rusted ....

 

[Mike_Pollock]

Facing the disc - clockwise ( I use a ring spanner and a hammer)
Also try to hit the bolt and its mounting with a hammer as the shock will often loosen them.
Mike

 

[JamesO]

Or do what I did last week, soak in wd40 repeatedly, pull spanner with a piece of pipe on the end, bolt yeilds punch self in eye and nearly smash teeth with bit of pipe.

Looking at that I too would throw most of that away. New struts and 2nd hand hub carriers for a lux would be cheap.

 

[morris944s2john]

get hold of a long breaker bar and if the bolts are the same size heads as on the S2/ turbo callipers , get a 19mm air impact socket. Penetrating fluid on the back and heat should help shift it.

These bolts are held on with loctite and so need heat to get them off. you also need leverage that a spanner will not give.

 

[FistsOfHam]

Mine were pretty stubborn but a breaker bar and some force + a bit of hitting sorted them out.

Good luck.

 

[DivineE]

ORIGINAL: JamesO

Or do what I did last week, soak in wd40 repeatedly, pull spanner with a piece of pipe on the end, bolt yeilds punch self in eye and nearly smash teeth with bit of pipe.

rotfl so many times have I done this! So many bleeding lips and cut knuckles against the wheel arch when the thing finally budges!! Then your still left with that moment... did it round the head or is it really loose... phew.

 

[morris944s2john]

"WOW.
Looking at that picture.
I think ide be cutting the whole strut assembly off + starting again. Thats proper rusted ....
"

Just surface.

Porsche use high quality steel in their components, you would be surprised how well those parts would clean up with a wire brush on grinder and a bit of zinc primer and chassis black. Well it worked for the struts on my S2. And no guarantee the cosmetics of the 2nd hand replacements would be much better.