I feel your pain. Years ago I broke off a bolt head when doing the brakes on my Corvette. Luckily I was able to get the other bolt out and then the caliper off. With lots of broken bolt showing, I was able to get the old one out. I then chased the threads at all four corners and made sure I had clean bolts (some were rusty).
I've had worse. Part of the parking brake broke off on the Corvette. This does not sound bad until you realize that the parking brake is a drum inside the rear rotor. This part rolled around until it locked the rear wheel assembly and broke at least one stud holding it to the trailing arm. This was a few days before leaving on a Corvette drive, and no shop could take the car in time. So I had to learn rear trailing arm and suspension stuff and do it all myself. I think I missed a day or two or work to get it done in time! Brad Waller ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) '66 Corvette | 327/dead | 4-speed | Wilwood Brakes | 245/45/16 BFG R1 '67 Chevelle | ex-SS396 | 355/700R4 | F-Body Brakes | 275/40/17 Kumho MX ________________________________ From: Crazy Rusty Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 11:17 PM To: 'The Chevelle Mailing List' Subject: [Chevelle-list] Front Disc Brakes I just wanted to let everyone know that when you're replacing rotors and the old passenger side caliper bolts strip and the drivers sides bolt heads snap off it makes for a long night in the garage.
