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Well over the weekend I decided to upgrade the brakes from standard Subaru pads to EBC Yellow Stuff pads. These are just a little tougher and can be used for fast road/track use, without a lot of time needed to heat up, so they are good for every day driving as well, where short journeys are common.
Everything started quite well, jacking the car up onto the 4 stands....
It should have been a simple job, however after removing the front calliper bolts and the securing pins as well as dust covers, I changed the front pads and secured the callipers back in place. The bolts were very tight and had to be lubricated with penetrant spray and encouraged with a really big hammer!
The trouble came with the rear pads.....looks like the garage that I bought the car off had over tightened the bolts that secured the callipers to the rotors. After lubricating and hammering, they were still seized and after a while, both bolts on the passenger rear calliper sheared. I then enlisted the help of a family member who was a great help and broke out the "Easy-out" thread remover. We drilled into the broken bolts with the calliper still mounted in place then removed the broken bolt and cleaned the thread with a tap.
The big problem came when we tried to fit the bolts on the drivers side rear calliper....turns out the bolt housing that contains the thread had cracked and as its an alloy, could be simply welded. Naturally brakes a major safety item so you don't get cheap on them!
I decided to order a second hand calliper from a breakers yard that has been fully inspected etc, to replace the damaged one.
My friends then took the old, damaged calliper to get a special aluminium weld and insert a helical so its could be used as a backup, but I don't think Ill end up using this, unless the other parts doesn't arrive in time!
Everything started quite well, jacking the car up onto the 4 stands....
It should have been a simple job, however after removing the front calliper bolts and the securing pins as well as dust covers, I changed the front pads and secured the callipers back in place. The bolts were very tight and had to be lubricated with penetrant spray and encouraged with a really big hammer!
The trouble came with the rear pads.....looks like the garage that I bought the car off had over tightened the bolts that secured the callipers to the rotors. After lubricating and hammering, they were still seized and after a while, both bolts on the passenger rear calliper sheared. I then enlisted the help of a family member who was a great help and broke out the "Easy-out" thread remover. We drilled into the broken bolts with the calliper still mounted in place then removed the broken bolt and cleaned the thread with a tap.
The big problem came when we tried to fit the bolts on the drivers side rear calliper....turns out the bolt housing that contains the thread had cracked and as its an alloy, could be simply welded. Naturally brakes a major safety item so you don't get cheap on them!
I decided to order a second hand calliper from a breakers yard that has been fully inspected etc, to replace the damaged one.
My friends then took the old, damaged calliper to get a special aluminium weld and insert a helical so its could be used as a backup, but I don't think Ill end up using this, unless the other parts doesn't arrive in time!
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