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My 2007 F-150 brake job turned into a 2 day fight in Tulsa
Last month I swapped the front rotors and pads on my 2007 F-150 in my Tulsa driveway, but the caliper bracket bolts rounded off on the passenger side after years of rust. I tried a six-point socket and heat, then finally cut them off with a chisel and replaced them with new grade 8 bolts from a local fastener shop. Has anyone else dealt with seized caliper bolts on these trucks, or is there a better trick to get them loose without destroying the bracket?
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mason.jordan13d ago
Three years ago I would've told you to just torch the crap out of it and pray, but after fighting a rusty Silverado bracket for six hours straight one weekend, I completely changed my mind. That passenger side bracket on my old truck got so stubborn I ended up drilling the bolt head off and using an extractor, which took forever and ruined the threads. The trick I learned since then is to hit the bolt head with a punch and hammer a few times before you even touch a wrench, it breaks the rust grip enough that a normal socket often works. Also, I stopped using regular anti-seize and started packing the bolt threads with a copper-based grease, and my last four brake jobs on different trucks have gone smooth as glass. You did the right thing cutting them off, honestly, sometimes you just gotta sacrifice the old part to save your sanity, and grade 8 replacements are better than factory anyway.
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