Disc Brake Replacement...?
Amerikaner83
01-31-2006, 12:15 AM
Howdy Y'all, I've got myself into a little bit of a conundrum: I have a 97 GA SE 2.4L 4 banger coupe. I have disc brakes in front and drums in rear. I have about 2 millimeters of thickness in my brake pads, and i purchased new ones yesterday. All was going well in my efforts to replace the pads, until I tried to disassemble to caliper. My Chilton's manual says I need to "simply remove the two bolts holding the caliper assembly together". I found the two bolts, but i have no idea what I sould use to remove them!!! No mention of bolt size or anthing is in the manual.
I'm sure this is a stupid question, and I apologize for my ignorance. But what size and type of tool should I use to get this part done? I've done pad repacement on my previous vehicle (86 Honda Accord) with no problems. If i remember correctly, that car used a 15mm hex, easy enough.
But for my GA, i looked as far as i could and found a large hex allen wrench, but the largest one i could find wasn't big enough!
Thanks for any assistance to my very ignorant post.
I'm sure this is a stupid question, and I apologize for my ignorance. But what size and type of tool should I use to get this part done? I've done pad repacement on my previous vehicle (86 Honda Accord) with no problems. If i remember correctly, that car used a 15mm hex, easy enough.
But for my GA, i looked as far as i could and found a large hex allen wrench, but the largest one i could find wasn't big enough!
Thanks for any assistance to my very ignorant post.
Cadinrfv
01-31-2006, 05:10 AM
skibum1111
01-31-2006, 06:11 AM
Its going to be either a t-55 torx bit or a 10mm allen head, some cars have one and some have the other, my 95 gt has the allen heads, but my buddy's 96 gt has the torx.. go figure...
Amerikaner83
01-31-2006, 09:07 AM
Its going to be either a t-55 torx bit or a 10mm allen head, some cars have one and some have the other, my 95 gt has the allen heads, but my buddy's 96 gt has the torx.. go figure...
Again with the ignorance here...but what's a t-55 torx bit? thanks!
Again with the ignorance here...but what's a t-55 torx bit? thanks!
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