I'm about to change the front brakes on my 97 Cavy.
What size is the allen wrench for the caliper bolts? I've searched and cannot find a size.
Thanks in advance...
George (geozinger)
'95 Sunfire GT-my second Pontiac from Hell!
'97 Cavy Beater-still running like a champ!
'04 Sunfire - my kid's car, but I get the bills...
'09 Pontiac G6 - Sport Package 1
3/8 allen
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mikec2003,
Thanks very much! I couldn't find a reference for that in any of my Haynes manuals...
George (geozinger)
'95 Sunfire GT-my second Pontiac from Hell!
'97 Cavy Beater-still running like a champ!
'04 Sunfire - my kid's car, but I get the bills...
'09 Pontiac G6 - Sport Package 1
no problem, i spent a while trying to find that myself......thought it was a normal bolt
You'll never touch God's hand
You'll never taste God's breath
Because you'll never see the second coming
Life's too short to be focused on insanity
I've seen the ways of God
I'll take the devil any day
Hail Satan
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mikec2003 wrote:no problem, i spent a while trying to find that myself......thought it was a normal bolt
Ya, no kidding, that's what I thought too. Then I stuck my head in the wheelwell.
I hate how the carmakers don't use regular fasteners for stuff like this.
George (geozinger)
'95 Sunfire GT-my second Pontiac from Hell!
'97 Cavy Beater-still running like a champ!
'04 Sunfire - my kid's car, but I get the bills...
'09 Pontiac G6 - Sport Package 1
It's in my Haynes manual.......chapter on brakes
Ban low-performance cars, not high-performance ones.
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I hate how the carmakers don't use regular fasteners for stuff like this.
seriously, torx bolts should be outlawed too. like on the wheel bearings,
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chapter10 wrote:Quote:
I hate how the carmakers don't use regular fasteners for stuff like this.
seriously, torx bolts should be outlawed too. like on the wheel bearings,
look at the design of the caliper bolts and you will see why they can't use a hex bolt. The caliper slides of the the head of the allen head bolt, this is why they use it. Also Gm been using 3/8 caliper bolt heads as long as they have had disc brakes.
As for the torx bit wheel bearings I think they use it for a little more clearence, shorter head? don't really know on those. Maybe its just a case of "I do what I want".
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I went out and bought the allen heads that you can fit onto your socket wrench. Makes taking the calipers off way easier. Using the standard L shaped wrenches can be hard to get in there.
