I started to do my brakes today and stopped just as I started. The yahoo that I had do the brakes last time used something that left a whitish coating on the underside of the metal caps covering the hex pins that hold the pads in the caliper.
One is supposed to use a flat blade screw driver to remove the metal dust caps. One look at the chewed slots told me I was screwed. Feeling emboldened from my recent mechanical success I dug out a drill/back-out set and got to it. Never done it before but I figured go for it the PBblaster didn't work(does it ever?), time to learn something new.
I broke a bit in the first cap so I got a bigger step bit. The back-out worked nicely on the first, but the other three were real nail bitters twisting that back-out so much until they broke loose. On the last three I was wondering what I'd have to do if the back-out broke too. :swoon:
Momma Honda really could have put plastic caps over the hex pins. :roll:
~O~
One is supposed to use a flat blade screw driver to remove the metal dust caps. One look at the chewed slots told me I was screwed. Feeling emboldened from my recent mechanical success I dug out a drill/back-out set and got to it. Never done it before but I figured go for it the PBblaster didn't work(does it ever?), time to learn something new.
I broke a bit in the first cap so I got a bigger step bit. The back-out worked nicely on the first, but the other three were real nail bitters twisting that back-out so much until they broke loose. On the last three I was wondering what I'd have to do if the back-out broke too. :swoon:
Momma Honda really could have put plastic caps over the hex pins. :roll:
~O~
