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Re: Caliper Screws
Posted by volvop1900 (more from volvop1900) on Tue, 6 Jun 2000 14:50:18
In Reply to: , Kok Chen, Sat, 17 Dec 1988 12:00:00 

...no big deal....I locate the 19mm hex screws
>on the 'back' of the caliper..and...push and push...THEY WONT BUDGE! Both
>the Saab factory manuals and haynes give no indication of them being
>reverse threaded (why should they be?) but I can't seem to remove these.

i just removed calipers from my 86 9000 T a few weeks ago.  i think the 
bolts were 19mm, so i think u have the right bolts.  on mine, they were at 
the very top and foward-most edge of the caliper mounting (and the very 
bottom and foward-most edge).

ofcourse, u are looking at the back of the bolt and the wrench turns counter 
clockwise to remove the bolts.  after just a little bit of penetrating spray 
(PB Blaster , actually) and a  few taps of the bolt with a hammer, the bolts 
on my calipers came out perfectly easily.

maybe if that doesnt work for you, you could take a shorth pipe (maybe like 
pvc pipe, five or so inches long) and slip it around the wrench handle and 
get the handle facing up, so u have some room to pull the pipe that you have 
on the wrench handle for leverage.

jay

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