New Thread, New Problem

[Siccnes]

Thanks to everyone who posted to my last thread, with a little persistance I got the piston to collapse and changed the rear brake pads on the driver side.

But ran into a problem when I got to the other side. I couldn't get the caliper bolts off. I used a 1/4 allen wrench because that's what I used on the other side, but now i'm convinced I stripped both bolts. What now? what is the correct size? was it supposed to be metric? How do I get the damn things off now that they might be stripped?(dunno)

 

[onikaze]

if you did strip the bolt heads try to find an extractor set like this...http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/objects_lg/43300/43241.JPG

 

[BHOUST528]

if you did strip the bolt heads try to find an extractor set like this...http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/objects_lg/43300/43241.JPG

Yea i have this set because i was a diesel mech. for 2yrs its a very good set worth the money but beware it is high dollar low 2's easy...

 

[Rotus8]

Thanks to everyone who posted to my last thread, with a little persistance I got the piston to collapse and changed the rear brake pads on the driver side.

But ran into a problem when I got to the other side. I couldn't get the caliper bolts off. I used a 1/4 allen wrench because that's what I used on the other side, but now i'm convinced I stripped both bolts. What now? what is the correct size? was it supposed to be metric? How do I get the damn things off now that they might be stripped?(dunno)

Everything on this car is metric. Do yourself a favor and get a full set of metric tools if you are going to do any work on it.

If you used a 1/4 inch wrench, it was probably a loose fit and you stripped the bolts a little, but there may be enough left that with a proper sized metric wrench you can get them out. If you can, it's the best way, but even so you should replace the bolts because they will be a lot closer to stripping even with the proper wrench the next time.

Good luck!

 

[Siccnes]

Yeah, found out today that it was supposed to be a seven millimeter. I'm hoping that when using the right size I can get it out. It'd be a pain in the ass to have to extract it. As far as gettin a full metric tool set, the thing is i just use whatever my dad has and have stripped things in the past, never had enough money to get all the tools I need, and because of money, I figured I'd try to save some by just doing it myself, never thought about what if I didn't have the right tools and if I **** something up how much more costly that would be. Maybe i'd be more interested in gettin a full tool set, but I really don't mess with cars as much as I'd like.

Keepin my fingers crossed

 

[gsrtype1]

Go To Jiffy Lube Or Something They Can Get It Off Ive Had The Same Problem, Just Get Then To Lossen The Bolt A Little Give Them 5 Or 10 Bucks Then Drive Hoem And Do Your Brakes

 

[ALIEN3T]

i worked on a mazda3 on friday night! no allen wrench! i used torx and i had noo problems! only problems i had were callopsing the rear callipers! ( im buying the 100 dollar pnumatic tool next where it squezees and twist the rear callliper at the same time) the onyl tbing i had stuck were the rotors, and a rubber mallet takes care fo that!

Unless the speed 3 is diffrent i used torx

http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/prod...rtical=TOOL&subcat=Sockets&BV_UseBVCookie=Yes

that is the set i got!!

and this is the next tool to get along with my 2 tond strut /spring compressor! If ytou work on mor than just your car seams to be the tool for the rear calipers

http://www.etoolcart.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=8914