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plhorner

plhorner

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Not content with fitting a new exhaust system to the car, I've just started on a brake re-fresh. I'm fitting new flexible hoses (braded stainless), new front pads and re-building all the calipers. As per usual, the job is snowballing, the calipers have been a b1tch to strip and I'm not sure if one of them is salvageable!! Anyway, 'whilst I'm in there', I thought I'd remove the brake shields and get them bead blasted and re-painted just to clean things up. So I start at the FNS and try to take the disc off so I can get to the heat shield, I can't remove the cap to get at the wheel bearing adjuster. Plenty of WD40, a good tap with a hammer and drift and still the damn thing won't shift - both sides the same. Anybody else suffered with the same problem, any bright ideas?
 
Phil,
Can't really help with the problem, but if you're caliper problem is terminal I have a set of 3.2 fronts (would also need a rebuild). Let me know if of interest to you.

Jamie
 
Phil

If you do track days just remove the shields.

They contribute to heat retention & having removed mine a while ago I can honestly say that even after trackdays the wheel arches are far from covered in brake dust.

This may determine how "careful" you decide to be during removal.

 
I agree, they are not really needed and I have removed them from other cars (used on track) in the past when changing/ servicing the brakes.
 
I have been told that a big pair of vicegrips is another way of getting the cap off. Otherwise its just a case of perserverance. Stories of difficulty in removing the caps are legendary, so you are not alone.

I also suggest you leave the stone guards off. Some modern cars (ie Ford Focus) don't have them and they are not necessary.

RB
 

ORIGINAL: Richard Bernau

I have been told that a big pair of vicegrips is another way of getting the cap off. Otherwise its just a case of perserverance. Stories of difficulty in removing the caps are legendary, so you are not alone.

I also suggest you leave the stone guards off. Some modern cars (ie Ford Focus) don't have them and they are not necessary.

RB
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Cheers Richard, vice grips it is then. I've been soaking the caps in WD40 for hte last two days so I'll try again tonight.
 
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