The car is a 97 Buick Park Ave that is near the end of its days due to rust and slight gas tank leak on top of tank. It was parked on the grass for a month and now moved to the garage and the left rear brake is stuck.
I was taking the brake apart to get the car driveable for cheap sell or junk yard when a bolt broke.
Removal of now broken bolt allows the caliper to swing up and then slide off its mount. It turned a few turns then broke so this caliper is going no where.
Anyone have any ideas on getting it out? I was thinking of drilling a hole through the caliper and accessing it from that side to finish unscrewing it with some sort of tool. Or maybe an ez out from the correct side? I've never used an ez out before so I am unsure.
Any help is appreciated.
Thx
Edit: By the way, I had someone push the parking brake while I watched the mechanism and it seemed OK to me which is why I am now inspecting the brake caliper..
I was taking the brake apart to get the car driveable for cheap sell or junk yard when a bolt broke.
Removal of now broken bolt allows the caliper to swing up and then slide off its mount. It turned a few turns then broke so this caliper is going no where.
Anyone have any ideas on getting it out? I was thinking of drilling a hole through the caliper and accessing it from that side to finish unscrewing it with some sort of tool. Or maybe an ez out from the correct side? I've never used an ez out before so I am unsure.
Any help is appreciated.
Thx
Edit: By the way, I had someone push the parking brake while I watched the mechanism and it seemed OK to me which is why I am now inspecting the brake caliper..
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