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Shoutout to the old guy who told me to use a heat gun on that seized caliper bolt
My buddy at the shop said to just hit it with more penetrant and a bigger breaker bar, but after two cans and a snapped socket, I gave the heat a shot. Honestly, it came loose in about 30 seconds with a cheap harbor freight gun and saved the bracket. What's your go-to method for frozen hardware on brake jobs?
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perry.evan1mo ago
That old guy just saved you a trip to the parts store for a new bracket. I swear some mechanics treat every stuck bolt like a personal challenge to their manhood instead of a basic physics problem. Heat and patience beats brute force every time.
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daniel_lane3018d ago
@perry.evan close but heat cycles beat just heat alone though.
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