1st Gen Lunchtable Thread - General Discussion

You still doing this in the parking lot at work?

If so, yikes.

 

Not a fun day

 

Nice AZ parking lot

 

Easily avoidable too if the brakes were making noise for awhile. Gotta learn the hard way I guess.

Atleast where I work I could just borrow a forklift for a jackstand.

 

Yup, going to get an easy out then

 

Dont have a welder

 

Well good luck. EZ outs are real hit or miss for me.

 

What else could i even do then? No offense

 

Pound a smaller socket onto it

 

Hammer on a socket that's slightly smaller, give her the beans with a propane torch (HF has a cheap kit if you don't have one) then use the hammer against the ratchet handle to shock load the socket

 

Another thing you could get is a little tea candle, get it hot with a torch and melt the candle against the head or on the back where the threads are. I've had 1000% better luck with melted wax compared to any penatrating fluid

 

They are definitely worth trying as they are one of the only options. I know Irwin makes a set of sockets that are helical looking on the inside that do good at grabbing rounded bolts. Forget what theyre called though. Seen em at the homedepot and we had a set at my last job for oh shit kinda moments when the torch was too inconvenient.

 

I've had good luck with those @Das it mang
For a baller on a budget HF has a set as well

 

My pads for reference

 

Yea, this has been quite the learning experience for you

 

Worst case scenario on that is you snap the bolt head off and have to use the other 4 to hold the new rotor on until you can get to a shop. Or just reinstall the other bolts, slap in the new pads and let a shop swap the rotors this weekend.

For some reason I thought we were talking about a caliper bolt.

 

Heading home to grab a torch, what size should i smack on? Stock size is 14 i think, and 9/16 wont work anymore bc rounded. Ill look for those bolt extractor sockets at home depot on our way back

 

Looks like another @Empty_Lord project

 

This is what i needed bc of my anxiety and thinking of worst case scenario. I can limp 4 if needed thats fine, will grab a new bolt if i have to same size. Thank you daniel