Elemental: question about guide pins

[scottagnew101]

Question for Elemental:

Last time i had the DII in the shop my mechanic noticed the pasanger front outter brake pad wearing faster then the inside (or any of the others for that matter) and said that it must be the guide pins. Well sure enough he as right. Now that i have taken everything apart and looked closely both of the guide pins on the passanger side have 3 grooves or nitches cut into them all in the same place the same length and everything. Ironically enough they all stop at the same place and that is the point at which the caliper cannot travel any further. It would not be such a big deal if i could get the pins to come out but i cannot even do that

Any information would be great.

Scott

[Elemental]

Alright! My name in a post title!

The guide pins fit into the backet, and the caliper bolts to them if I rememebr right. Did you pull them out from the brackets? Let me look into this.

[scottagnew101]

Originally Posted by Elemental

Alright! My name in a post title!

The guide pins fit into the backet, and the caliper bolts to them if I rememebr right. Did you pull them out from the brackets? Let me look into this.

Haha, well when you need help you go to extremes. I have taken the bracket all the way off. After greasing, then sliding and examination its at the end of those ridges that they fail to move any more and i need about 1/4" more to go in order to get the new pads in ( in order to fit them around the disk)

[scottagnew101]

are the guide pins threaded backwards? with the caliper on the car (passanger side) i should be pushing towards the front from the rear of the car but those things WONT move!!! and now i am slowly starting to strip them out

if i can get them out i could atleast replace them from the dealer.

[wimp]

If you are talking about the internally threaded pins that have a rubber boot on them, then you have to grab them with vice grips and force them to move. once you get them to rotate (assuming they are totally frozen) you should be able to force them out of the caliper bracket by tapping them with a punch and hammer. Atlantic britich sells a kit which includes new pins, boots, and grease. once they are out, you need to take a small wire brush and /or round file and work all the crud and rust from the caliper bracket. Use PB blast or WD or something to help get all the crap out of the holes. get it as clean as you can before puitting the new greased pins in place.
you should be good to go after that.

Every time you change brake pads, remove the pins and inspect them. make sure they are well greased and the boots are in good shape. problem shouldn't come back

[Rovin4life]

use a can of propane or gas to heat up the housing and slowly work the pin out.

done it a few times.

[wimp]

Ditto
good idea

I didn't have a torch where I was doing it!