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    Help me PLEASE! Parkland/Spanaway BRAKEPADS

    Can't get the 17mm bolt off my Akebono Caliper!!


    Bought new pads today for my front Akebono Calipers.

    Tried to unbolt the lower 17mm bolt so I could just swing the caliper body up without having to remove the entire assembly from the rotor.

    But the 17mm bolt will NOT budge, no matter how hard I try. My star socket is holding up, but the wrench seems like it will break. Possibly need more torque if I had a pipe to put over the wrench to extend the lever. But I think the bolt is starting to strip. No pipe available, no better wrench, and no bolt lubricant to try to get it loose.

    Can somebody help me do it? I can offer a favor in kind. Anything.

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    PLEASE HELP! I don't want my rotors totally shot, and I have to drive my gf to the Puyallup Fair everyday because she's working there. It's really scary to brake when going down the hill to Puyallup. WIll someone help me please?

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    it should come off with some pb man and you need a breaker bar or pipe to get on it good... this is the 3rd time you have posted this and the bolt will come off.... a 17mm?? thats the caliper braket not the caliper right? caliper should be 12's you should be able to unbolt the 12's if all yoru doing it changing pads and not rotors too.....

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    Originally posted by deevergote.
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      #3
      Originally posted by accord2nr81
      it should come off with some pb man and you need a breaker bar or pipe to get on it good... this is the 3rd time you have posted this and the bolt will come off.... a 17mm?? thats the caliper braket not the caliper right? caliper should be 12's
      Actually, on mine, oddly, both the caliper and the bracket bolts are 17mm.

      Also, I have no idea what a pb is... is that "penatrating" bolt lube?

      I'm hoping someone local would be willing to help me get this off in exchange for any of the above services I might be able to offer.
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        #4
        yea pb blaster is a penatrating lube....front or rear caliper? it dosent matter ethier way you just got get it off.... have you tried hitting the wrench with your hand? or are you just pulling on the wrench .... if it hurts your hand then get a hammer or put one wrench on top of another to get mor leverage

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        Originally posted by deevergote.
        But Honda guys know EVERYTHING about EVERYTHING! If you don't believe that, then you're just wrong...

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          #5
          yea use pb and breaker bar. good tips right there. if u were local, i woulda come over and helped ya.

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            #6
            they're front pads.

            I don't have a breaker bar or pb or a pipe. The other thing I lack is any money whatsoever to buy any of those (waiting for next paycheck at end of month). I just used my last cash on hand to buy the pads. I can't drive the car much longer before rotor damage starts to happen if it hasn't already.

            I'm hoping there'd be a friendly local cb7tuner person who I could drive out to who could lend me either a hand, some pb, a breaker bar, and/or a pipe to help me get this bolt off.

            We could even make it a day of sorts, like a mini-meet or something. Once the bolt is off, shouldn't take long to replace the pads, then we could roll at Ruston Way or something.

            Just hoping someone local might be able to lend a helping hand.
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              #7
              Where you at bro? I live in Puyallup. I can give you a hand but i work in kent till 330 everyday, I can hit you up after if that works. Let me know.

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                #8
                Originally posted by aarbug1
                Where you at bro? I live in Puyallup. I can give you a hand but i work in kent till 330 everyday, I can hit you up after if that works. Let me know.
                wow dude, thanks, that would help a lot. I'm in Parkland. (Steele street exit just off of 512 towards Puyallup.) I drive to Puyallup everyday. messeging you.
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                  #9
                  breaker bar=best investment ever


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                    #10
                    Thanks Aarbug!!!

                    Originally posted by aarbug1
                    Where you at bro? I live in Puyallup. I can give you a hand but i work in kent till 330 everyday, I can hit you up after if that works. Let me know.

                    Man, guys, I gotta give some MAJOR PROPS and THANKS to Aarbug!
                    A true friend and lifesaver! He helped me out taking the calipers off BIG TIME! I couldn't have done it without him. I was originally just trying to get the piston bolt off the bottom to swing the caliper up, but Aarbug helped me remove the caliper bolts enitirely so we could take the whole assembly off the rotor. Aarbug is the man! It made it a lot easier to get those pads in. THANKS AARBUG!!

                    Btw, to anyone else who has yet to do this: invest in a good C-clamp to push the piston in. You really CAN'T do this DIY without one, easily.
                    Last edited by BlackPearl2006; 09-11-2007, 01:47 PM.
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                      #11
                      LOL
                      Damn dude, I just saw this post...I would have been willing to help you...
                      Sorry.

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                        #12
                        This is dumb, but whats a breaker bar? I should get one.
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                          #13
                          Originally posted by ilovemycb7
                          This is dumb, but whats a breaker bar? I should get one.



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                            #14
                            Im sorry man I have been out of town this week and just got back on tonight


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