I had this same problem, even with an impact driver it would not budge. I'll be honest, I didn't think it would work, but lo and behold I was able to loosen them using this method. Thank you for sharing!
I owe you an apology, I am sorry. My wife and I were trying to find a video because I had tried air tools I had tried breaker bar I could not get the bolts to give. We were skipping through TH-cam and I flew right past your video, didn't give you a second thought. But my wife made me go back to it. I remarked he's not going to help us. Watched it, WORKED immediately ! Thank you again!
Oh my god, this trick just broke a rear caliber bracket bolt free after I worked on it for a few hours today without success. I had even gone to the hardware store an hour ago to try a smaller impact gun that might fit in that tight spot and a propane torch for tomorrow. I had to try the jack at 11pm after reading the positive comments.... it broke the bolt free in the first couple of pushes. THANK YOU!
Now that's Yankee ingenuity. Good job Yankee. One of your 2 bosses that were watching you was pleased with your accomplishment. She gave you a thumbs up.
Thank you so very much. I struggled with those two caliper bolts for hours with no luck getting them to budge. I watched your video before I went to sleep, woke up the next morning and it worked. This video helped me so much, because I was out of ideas. Thanks again.
Badass hack using a jack and a ratchet to release a stuck bracket bolt amazing effortless, thank you very much...from a longtime backyard mechanic best hack I've seen in awhile
That's an absolutely brilliant idea. I've been struggling with mine for a week. I've had 2 back surgeries and neck surgery and wrestling trying to break those bolts have been killin me! Thanks a lot! 👍🏼
@@JasonDainter been using an adapter to use a bigger bar but it keeps slipping off or the socket and the adapter come apart. Hopefully your method works out. Thanks for the well wishes.
i'm very glad that I found this video of yours. I'm doing a 4 wheel pad & rotor replacement on my 1996 Lexus Ls-400 and could not fit my impact driver onto the 17mm bolts, nor could I crack any of them loose with my "breaker-bar". I was about to reassemble the brakes so that I could drive it to a shop, and then beg them use my parts for the replacement, but I found your video just in time! It was late at night, but I just had to (very easily) try it out. I put my "breaker-bar" back in place to lift the wrench with a scissor jack (previously I was hammering down on the other side) and with just a few turns on the jack I heard the bolt crack loose! EUREKA !!! Then I did the other caliper bolt and it easily cracked loose too! I went to sleep happy knowing that I'll be able to do all 8 bolts in the morning. Liked and subscribed for sure, and thanks again Jason!
That is brilliant. I’m a small female who’s quite puny. I’ve been trying for 2 day to remove the caliper bolts on my Honda. I ever resorted to asking my neighbor’s help…nothing! I was ready to remove the entire assembly when I stumbled on your video. It worked beautifully. Why couldn’t my I think of that?? Thanks for sharing your garage ingenuity with us! 🚙💡😅
I spent all day trying to get two caliper bolts off and couldn’t. Even bought an air wrench and impact sockets didn’t work. Ran out at 11 o’clock at night and used the Jack in the bolts came right off. Thank you so much.
I had the same problem today, if you turn the from wheels it gives you room for the breaker bar but on the back that obviously won't work. I'll try this tomorrow on the rear.
Brilliant. Going through this with caliper bolts on driver rear. Quit for the day after completing passenger rear without this freezing problem. Gonna try this in morning. Thanks
@@JasonDainter You definitly should get. I got one out the other one my tool broke. One was able to get out last nite but this morning I chouldnt get it out and my ratchen is broken from the front part where you attach 22 socket. What do you recommend?
@@oguzoguz4686 dynamite! (sorry.. nobel prize joke). One thing you could try is turning the wheel, a few people in the comments suggested this opens up quite a bit of space to play with. I would say though you need a new ratchet though unless you have another tool that will get a solid grip on the bolt.
Wow you totally just saved me. I tried heating it up, using a breaker bar and was starting to lose hope and this trick in five minutes problem solved! Thank you!!
Great idea💡 having a hard time loosinin up the bolt to the caliper pin. Lots of rust so yeah the bolts are seized and everything I've tried so far isn't working. Thanks for the tip👍
Great tip! For those of us without a second jack, and brain cells too fatigued by the situation...a brilliant tip was provided by another youtuber...Turn the steering wheel, which allows greater access for the longer handled tools!
THANK YOU!!!! We beat on those damn things for an hour. Soaked with all kinds of lubricant. Used the other vehicle’s Jack. Awesome. Broke right lose without buying anything else.
Hi Jason, just want to say thanks for your efforts last night in trying to stream the Eddie Thor fight for so many folks who couldn't. My girlfriend and I were watching here in the UK and it made our night to share the anticipation and frustration with yourself and 11k others and with your like-minded, funny commentary. We switched over to Kenny KO with you but wanted you to know your efforts were appreciated. Funnily enough we're headed to Sweden ourselves soon for a kayak trip. All the best, Tim
@@mikewalsh6911 put a breaker bar on there and hit it with a hammer if you have to or use his car jack technique if they’re really stock, you may have to get kind of creative
This is a pretty good tip!!! People just need to be careful not to move their cars off their jacks or stands with this method though! I also couldn't get my breaker bar inside the wheel well and came up to watch a video to see how to get the darn bolts off the caliper and I was like nice I have another option! When I got back downstairs I looked at my car and it dawned on me. Fully crank the wheels in the direction of the opposite side you are working on. Once my wheels were fully turned I was able to use my breaker bar.
This comment is underrated. The simple tip of just turning the wheel saved me from outsourcing this job. Breaker bar was able to get the job done. Thank you
Thanks a lot ! I was totally stuck on my GMC Safari 2003, and the top bolt has little to no space, as I easily got the lower accessible one with the impact, the top one was stuck. Your approach with the lever allowed me to get them unlocked. Using the wrench, the same way as you did, but, given the layout, I used a breaker bar, in the wrench, leveraging on the suspension plate, it went was easily ! What a relief as I started to think I would not be able to do my brake job ! Big thanks again !
This definitely works, could've saved an hour or 2 if I had done this... wrestled the lower bolt off after applying WD-40 & 30 minutes of multiple tries but the upper caliper bolt didn't have proper clearance for a breaker bar... then I saw this... so I went back outside, my jack only goes so high so I had to put it on the tire that I took off, used it as a booster seat for the jack & yeah, this definitely is the better way to go... I have never HAD more trouble with any fastener than backside caliper bolts!! THANK YOU!
Genius... Struggled whole the day. came to this... Wondering id I can use the trick as my jack doesn't raise so high. Lucky if I can place the wrench low.
@@b.a.b7834 Should work. Use some strong wood or something solid to bump up the height. As you say get the wrench angled as low down as possible. Let me know how it goes!
Well i jus samshed my finger tryna loosen. The top bolt on the front caliper so simce its 2am in chicago think ima wake up early n try this trick now lol
As requested, here’s how it worked out. I had my floor jack ready to apply pressure to the socket wrench to loosen the stubborn bolt. I separated the two-piece floor jack handle, putting one piece of the handle (a 1 1/4” dia. pipe) over my socket wrench & using the handle as a breaker bar for greater leverage. It worked! I will clean the surfaces with a wire brush & brake cleaner to reduce the odds that the bolt will be stubborn next time. It’s still good to know about the jack hack just to have another trick up my sleeve. Thanks again for sharing this method!
68 newton meters = 50.15 foot-pound which I believe is what's used in the US. Easy to google this stuff: www.theunitconverter.com/newton-meter-to-foot-pound-conversion/68-newton-meter-to-foot-pound.html
This actually worked after struggling so hard lol but now I’m stuck on the other side of the car, to loosen the bolt you have to turn it the opposite way and the jack won’t help so what do I do?
@@JasonDainter Had the same issue with the rear left brakes this morning after your trick worked perfect on rear right side. My brackets are positioned to the back of the rotor so that makes it so you can only push down while on the rear left. I did try positioning the jack to the left of the rotor to try and get in a position to push up again but there was just no room for that. Ended up putting a cheater bar on the ratchet and that finally gave the leverage while pushing down from behind the car to loosen the bolt. Whew!
I had the exact same problem and tried the jack on the spanner and it bent the spanner. It was the first bolt i came across that the impact gun couldn't undo.
Having trouble with the right side of the car this method will not work due to directions of bolts to the knuckle itself have you found a solution for the right side?
I dont see a scenario where the bolt would ever need to be pushed down to be honest! Righty tighty, lefty loosy. Bolts normally are turned anticlockwise (left) to loosen. Maybe I'm wrong but seems unusual that this would be the opposite on a brake caliper.
@@mackbrown-i1t here is a lincoln MKX 2014 which he shows at 1:59 going anticlockwise, "left", or if a jack was doing it pushing upwards on thebrake caliper bolts. It could be that the 2013 model was different but I'm pretty skeptical of that. Are you sure? th-cam.com/video/6UJX-qImUQk/w-d-xo.htmlsi=ZnGFcFhK78vPRGg3&t=119
@@fastguned Man this is funny. I have the same problem where I have the nuts in a space where I am only able to push down and I'm desperately looking for your post..... I'm thankful for whatever your idea is if I find it.... And thanks to the author of this for the idea. I might try to hang a 50 lb weight on the thing and try to vibrate it with a hammer or something. It's just so tight, no room to get my buddy weight on it.
I have a 2014 Mustang GT that all the caliper bolts were seized. I used a different method that I learned 50 years ago from an old school mechanic. But first if you use the method shown here OR a long breaker bar or cheater bar you run the risk of breaking the head off the bolt or rounding the head which will cost a lot of, time , trouble and maybe extra expense to pay a mechanic to fix the problem you caused. Also no air wrenches for this job because of the same reason, also no heat OK - get good 6 point combination wrenches , no sockets as the breaker bar or ratchet have too much play or give. Put the boxed end on the bolt, leave enough room to swing a 24 or 32 ounce hammer. NOW COMES THE REAL TRICK - hammer the wrench a few medium licks in the TIGHTEN DIRECTION. Then take a few licks in the loosen direction with the hammer. After doing this it worked on all 16 bolts I had. Dont really need PB Blaster either. Good luck
Thanks man. This worked with a 12 point box end, no breaker bar and a 3 lb hammer. Not to hijack, Jason's post, his idea is great too, for moving a wrench up. I got two off already using the right then left 3lb hammer method😂. Thanks to you both.
Thank you so much for that brilliant tip! I had tried releasing fluid, heat, a long breaker bar and even an electric impact driver with a max torque of 450Nm, all to no avail. The jack trick worked and the good thing was I could hear the bolt move even though it wasn’t visually noticeable.
Smart idea and it shows the very useful areas where a car jack can play. I was stuck with my 2010 Prius for a whole day yesterday, as even the "in theory success-guaranteed bolt method" couldn't pull a front wheel bearing out of the knuckle hub. Instead, it pulled the bearing itself apart exposing inside steel balls etc.. Almost everything under the chassis is heavily rusted thanks to the local government's shortsighted practice of spreading salt on roads here in Canada. In a desperate final try, a humble carjack coming with the car for changing tires became one of several important components and helped me to finally remove that very stubborn bearing.
i uhh, I'm here after I snapped both of my 2 year old caliper bolts with my bare hands (and an 8 inch socket wrench lol), this would have helped them snap without me risking a burst eye vessel though. I might try this but with oil next time, good thinking.
Sure but this was a super cheap one so really it makes no difference since all the power comes from the jack here (probably one peice one is stonger though rather than using an adapter of some sort). The heads I used are called a ' Bi-Hex Socket' head which was totally the wrong head for that bolt I realise now in hindsight, but worked fine. If you search for 'Double End Swivel Socket set' you'll find similar to what I used in the video if you really wanted to though!
@@mohammeds3114 the issue in this case with a seized caliper bolt is that you need more force/leverage. Having a decent quality spanner set is never a bad idea but its not going to make any difference here.
I tried this, and my breaker bar joint snapped! At the moment I have one side done, but now I'm stuck. Not sure if I should buy another breaker and try the same trick again. I had hit it with PB blaster. I might apply heat on this next round.
Heat will do wonders. Wd40 and whack it s few times with a hammer. Make sure you have a decent breaker it shouldn't break! A cheap tool (as seen in video) with the jack will do it though. You'll get there! 🙏
@@JasonDainter yeah I think I am going to apply heat. I am also going to try tighten direction first. I also think I am going to move up to 3/4 breaker. I don't think my half inch breaker was cheap. But, this bolt is stuck pretty good. I love how the instruction videos they just hit it with an impact and it just comes off no problem.
@@Kraziken0 when you apply heat am not certain on this but I heard its best to heat the parts outside the bolt rather than the bolt itself (eg the thread not the bolt). Since heat will expand things you''re then expanding the thread to dislodge the bolt. It sounds like your breaker bar had an existing crack though tbh as they certainly shouldnt break like that, if anything the bolt head should break first (try avoid that or you'll end up in a world of pain!). Apply lots of Wd40 and let it soak in, re-apply, re-try etc. Itll come off eventually.
We have spent most of the morning trying everything we could think of to get the bolt out. You just saved us so much more time mate....thankyou
Lovely to hear!
I had this same problem, even with an impact driver it would not budge. I'll be honest, I didn't think it would work, but lo and behold I was able to loosen them using this method. Thank you for sharing!
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I owe you an apology, I am sorry. My wife and I were trying to find a video because I had tried air tools I had tried breaker bar I could not get the bolts to give. We were skipping through TH-cam and I flew right past your video, didn't give you a second thought. But my wife made me go back to it. I remarked he's not going to help us. Watched it, WORKED immediately ! Thank you again!
@@RickyNish haha nice to hear!
The glazing is crazy
Oh my god, this trick just broke a rear caliber bracket bolt free after I worked on it for a few hours today without success. I had even gone to the hardware store an hour ago to try a smaller impact gun that might fit in that tight spot and a propane torch for tomorrow. I had to try the jack at 11pm after reading the positive comments.... it broke the bolt free in the first couple of pushes. THANK YOU!
I know the feeling well done for fixing it!
Now that's Yankee ingenuity. Good job Yankee. One of your 2 bosses that were watching you was pleased with your accomplishment. She gave you a thumbs up.
Thank you so very much. I struggled with those two caliper bolts for hours with no luck getting them to budge. I watched your video before I went to sleep, woke up the next morning and it worked. This video helped me so much, because I was out of ideas. Thanks again.
Cool to hear! I know the bolt related frustration too well! :-D
Badass hack using a jack and a ratchet to release a stuck bracket bolt amazing effortless, thank you very much...from a longtime backyard mechanic best hack I've seen in awhile
haha yeah it's a good one! Glad it helped!
@@JasonDainter We were trying to do that for several hours, and that did the trick extremely quickly... definitely saved our backs!
Good jop
That's an absolutely brilliant idea. I've been struggling with mine for a week. I've had 2 back surgeries and neck surgery and wrestling trying to break those bolts have been killin me! Thanks a lot! 👍🏼
Great to hear good luck with the back/neck 👍
@@JasonDainter been using an adapter to use a bigger bar but it keeps slipping off or the socket and the adapter come apart. Hopefully your method works out. Thanks for the well wishes.
i'm very glad that I found this video of yours. I'm doing a 4 wheel pad & rotor replacement on my 1996 Lexus Ls-400 and could not fit my impact driver onto the 17mm bolts, nor could I crack any of them loose with my "breaker-bar". I was about to reassemble the brakes so that I could drive it to a shop, and then beg them use my parts for the replacement, but I found your video just in time!
It was late at night, but I just had to (very easily) try it out.
I put my "breaker-bar" back in place to lift the wrench with a scissor jack (previously I was hammering down on the other side) and with just a few turns on the jack I heard the bolt crack loose! EUREKA !!! Then I did the other caliper bolt and it easily cracked loose too!
I went to sleep happy knowing that I'll be able to do all 8 bolts in the morning.
Liked and subscribed for sure, and thanks again Jason!
The Jack to the rescue! Glad it helped!
That is brilliant. I’m a small female who’s quite puny. I’ve been trying for 2 day to remove the caliper bolts on my Honda. I ever resorted to asking my neighbor’s help…nothing! I was ready to remove the entire assembly when I stumbled on your video. It worked beautifully. Why couldn’t my I think of that?? Thanks for sharing your garage ingenuity with us! 🚙💡😅
It worked!! For anyone who sees if it dosent work on the first jack keep letting it down and trying again.. that worked for me..
Saving lives in 2024! Was skeptical but now I'm a believer! Thanks for passing this hack on!
😅 welcome!
You should win the Nobel peace prize for this video. Thank you from Atlanta GA
Haha, happy to be nominated! 😀
My car only had 5600 miles and the caliper bolts was still seized like crazy. This method actually worked lol thank you
Brilliant! What about the other side that needs to be pushed down, not up? :D
Read my post above
You’re a genius! This worked when an 1100 lb foot pressure air wrench wouldn’t. Thank you so much for this!
Happy it helped! 🙂
I spent all day trying to get two caliper bolts off and couldn’t. Even bought an air wrench and impact sockets didn’t work. Ran out at 11 o’clock at night and used the Jack in the bolts came right off. Thank you so much.
Yeah those air wrenches are nothing on the jack (unless you spend some serious cash!)
I had the same problem today, if you turn the from wheels it gives you room for the breaker bar but on the back that obviously won't work. I'll try this tomorrow on the rear.
Good luck!
Except with rear calipers
You are a saviour, I struggled for 1 Hr and then it was 1 min, Thanks for sharing
Great to hear!
Brilliant. Going through this with caliper bolts on driver rear. Quit for the day after completing passenger rear without this freezing problem. Gonna try this in morning. Thanks
Good luck let us know how it goes!
Your video deserves the same number of thumbs up as views. I guess only 945 people actually tried and the rest just watched for fun.
Just wondering how about in the otherside its the other way around, how will i loosen it?
Read my post above
Dude this was the most brilliant idea I have seen in my life. You should get a nobel prize for this.
Haha glad it helped. Definitely open for the peace prize for this one 😂
@@JasonDainter You definitly should get. I got one out the other one my tool broke. One was able to get out last nite but this morning I chouldnt get it out and my ratchen is broken from the front part where you attach 22 socket. What do you recommend?
@@oguzoguz4686 dynamite! (sorry.. nobel prize joke). One thing you could try is turning the wheel, a few people in the comments suggested this opens up quite a bit of space to play with. I would say though you need a new ratchet though unless you have another tool that will get a solid grip on the bolt.
Wow you totally just saved me. I tried heating it up, using a breaker bar and was starting to lose hope and this trick in five minutes problem solved! Thank you!!
Great! 👍
Thank you so much I beeen struggling for like an hour being so close to being done ✅ but defeated by the bolts gonna try this now
Hope it worked?
Great idea💡 having a hard time loosinin up the bolt to the caliper pin. Lots of rust so yeah the bolts are seized and everything I've tried so far isn't working. Thanks for the tip👍
Good luck with it!
Great tip! For those of us without a second jack, and brain cells too fatigued by the situation...a brilliant tip was provided by another youtuber...Turn the steering wheel, which allows greater access for the longer handled tools!
how can you turn the back wheels?
THANK YOU!!!! We beat on those damn things for an hour. Soaked with all kinds of lubricant. Used the other vehicle’s Jack. Awesome. Broke right lose without buying anything else.
Great to hear! Its cool to see how many caliper bolts from all over the world this video has helped get loose :-D
What a bloody genius idea, wish i found this video last week. But looking forward to teying this next time.
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Hi Jason, just want to say thanks for your efforts last night in trying to stream the Eddie Thor fight for so many folks who couldn't. My girlfriend and I were watching here in the UK and it made our night to share the anticipation and frustration with yourself and 11k others and with your like-minded, funny commentary. We switched over to Kenny KO with you but wanted you to know your efforts were appreciated. Funnily enough we're headed to Sweden ourselves soon for a kayak trip. All the best, Tim
Haha no worries Tim glad you enjoyed! TH-cam took it down right after so we got away with it :-)
Also you can turn the wheel and give yourself more room
Good point! Tried that on other side and did help a bit 👍
What about rear brakes? I can't turn the wheel.
@@mikewalsh6911 put a breaker bar on there and hit it with a hammer if you have to or use his car jack technique if they’re really stock, you may have to get kind of creative
This right here saved the day. I know it's so simple but it's easy to overthink when problem solving.
@@lucasruckle glad to help. I’ve definitely been there myself many times
This is a pretty good tip!!! People just need to be careful not to move their cars off their jacks or stands with this method though! I also couldn't get my breaker bar inside the wheel well and came up to watch a video to see how to get the darn bolts off the caliper and I was like nice I have another option! When I got back downstairs I looked at my car and it dawned on me. Fully crank the wheels in the direction of the opposite side you are working on. Once my wheels were fully turned I was able to use my breaker bar.
This comment is underrated. The simple tip of just turning the wheel saved me from outsourcing this job. Breaker bar was able to get the job done. Thank you
worked like a charm! been struggling with this bolt for two friggin’ days! success!
Nice, congrats! Those bolts are pesky!
Wow amazing trick, was the first search result for "stuck brake caliper bolt".
Haven't tried it yet but confident it has a good chance of working.
I did this with my jack and it works, thanks for sharing this information, have a great day.
Thanks bro. I just did it right now. I was struggling for the last 30 minutes. Good video.
After having it soaking in penatrating oil. I will do this in the morning in the snow! Great tip
Thanks a lot ! I was totally stuck on my GMC Safari 2003, and the top bolt has little to no space, as I easily got the lower accessible one with the impact, the top one was stuck. Your approach with the lever allowed me to get them unlocked. Using the wrench, the same way as you did, but, given the layout, I used a breaker bar, in the wrench, leveraging on the suspension plate, it went was easily !
What a relief as I started to think I would not be able to do my brake job !
Big thanks again !
Great to hear! happy driving!
You are an absolute godsend, I was finally able to get my bolts off using this method. Thank you!!!
Breaker bar will fit if you turn the wheel out. However, this is a great video and idea if the breaker bar absolutely can't fit!
Great point!
Mine is stuck on one of the rear wheels :( I hope this jack trick will work and not shear the bolt head right off!
Dude you just saved my life. Thank you and God bless you!
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This definitely works, could've saved an hour or 2 if I had done this... wrestled the lower bolt off after applying WD-40 & 30 minutes of multiple tries but the upper caliper bolt didn't have proper clearance for a breaker bar... then I saw this... so I went back outside, my jack only goes so high so I had to put it on the tire that I took off, used it as a booster seat for the jack & yeah, this definitely is the better way to go... I have never HAD more trouble with any fastener than backside caliper bolts!! THANK YOU!
Genius... Struggled whole the day. came to this... Wondering id I can use the trick as my jack doesn't raise so high. Lucky if I can place the wrench low.
I have some EU pallets so perhaps I can use them underneath the jack to raise it up. I hope it works.
@@b.a.b7834 Should work. Use some strong wood or something solid to bump up the height. As you say get the wrench angled as low down as possible. Let me know how it goes!
Well i jus samshed my finger tryna loosen. The top bolt on the front caliper so simce its 2am in chicago think ima wake up early n try this trick now lol
Good luck let us know how it goes!
Thank you for sharing this video. Did’t even think to use the jack
Thanks Jason (& “supervisors”) for sharing this hack. I have 1 bolt that just refuses to move. I’ll try your trick.
Good luck let me know how it goes!
As requested, here’s how it worked out. I had my floor jack ready to apply pressure to the socket wrench to loosen the stubborn bolt. I separated the two-piece floor jack handle, putting one piece of the handle (a 1 1/4” dia. pipe) over my socket wrench & using the handle as a breaker bar for greater leverage. It worked! I will clean the surfaces with a wire brush & brake cleaner to reduce the odds that the bolt will be stubborn next time. It’s still good to know about the jack hack just to have another trick up my sleeve. Thanks again for sharing this method!
Its such a satisfying feeling when that thing finally gives! Glad you won the battle!@@G.I.JeffsWorkbench
Thanks I was thinking of trying that but my jack doesn’t go as high as yours. Maybe I’ll use something to make it longer. Appreciate the video.
Woohoo!! Thank you for the tip! We were a bit panicked, but your trick saved the day 😁🙏
Glad to hear Emily! 👏
How many is 68 newton meters in freedom units?
68 newton meters = 50.15 foot-pound which I believe is what's used in the US. Easy to google this stuff: www.theunitconverter.com/newton-meter-to-foot-pound-conversion/68-newton-meter-to-foot-pound.html
@@JasonDainter nerd
@@brendaneisenburg3959 I certainly hope so.
@@brendaneisenburg3959 Nerd is the BEST of compliments!
This actually worked after struggling so hard lol but now I’m stuck on the other side of the car, to loosen the bolt you have to turn it the opposite way and the jack won’t help so what do I do?
Sounds weird the other bolt turns the other way. Are you sure? It should turn out the same way?
@@JasonDainter Had the same issue with the rear left brakes this morning after your trick worked perfect on rear right side. My brackets are positioned to the back of the rotor so that makes it so you can only push down while on the rear left. I did try positioning the jack to the left of the rotor to try and get in a position to push up again but there was just no room for that. Ended up putting a cheater bar on the ratchet and that finally gave the leverage while pushing down from behind the car to loosen the bolt. Whew!
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Really good idea no one did it like that I was struggling to open theses bolts now I will use the jack make it easier to open
Great video, greetings from Norway!🤝🏻
Cool! A british man in sweden helping a Norwegian with hid car! Never thought that would happen! 😁
Yooo, tried this and it worked!! Saved alot of time, thank u!
Good to hear! 😀
I had the exact same problem and tried the jack on the spanner and it bent the spanner. It was the first bolt i came across that the impact gun couldn't undo.
Time for a stronger spanner!
Read my post above
You are a legend for putting this up! Thank you!
Awesome! Great video and Beautiful Family! Cheers!
Thanks John! 😁
Thank you for sharing this. I was losing my mind. I was gonna get a torch lol
Welcome!
Brilliant! You saved my Easter!
Happy Easter!
Pure GENIUS! Just did this, thanks to your video, and I was at wits end. THANK YOU!!!
Its a good hack! Always nice to see when others finally get that damn bolt loose, they get really stuck!
Great solution! I cant get if off and your idea is great! Smart! Thank you!
Jason! Yeeeeeeooooooooo!!! What in the life hack?!?!?!?!? Sheeeeeeeeeesh!!!! Thank you!!!!!
Happy to be of service! 🙌
You, sir, are a genius!
Having trouble with the right side of the car this method will not work due to directions of bolts to the knuckle itself have you found a solution for the right side?
Yes read my post above
Dude you helped us out sooo much today! Thank you!!
Welcome! I know that amazing feeling when a bolt comes off 😂
This is mad genius, thank you so much. Was about to throw the entire car away.
That's the next step if this didn't work 😂
That's great for bolts where the wrench needs to be pushed up, but what about those where the wrench needs to be pushed down?
I dont see a scenario where the bolt would ever need to be pushed down to be honest! Righty tighty, lefty loosy. Bolts normally are turned anticlockwise (left) to loosen. Maybe I'm wrong but seems unusual that this would be the opposite on a brake caliper.
On a 2013 Lincoln MKX, the caliper is at the back of the disc and requires the wrench to be pushed down
@@mackbrown-i1t here is a lincoln MKX 2014 which he shows at 1:59 going anticlockwise, "left", or if a jack was doing it pushing upwards on thebrake caliper bolts. It could be that the 2013 model was different but I'm pretty skeptical of that. Are you sure? th-cam.com/video/6UJX-qImUQk/w-d-xo.htmlsi=ZnGFcFhK78vPRGg3&t=119
Same on my ford ranger, caliper bolts are at the back@user-du8vg1iy6u
Read my post above
Did you try turning the wheel all the way left to give me room behind your right side caliper?
Wont work on rear - read my post above
hero without the cap THANK YOU
I did the same thing using a hydraulic jack. I was so proud of my intelligence. Lol😂
Right! Great idea mate! Thanks, cute kiddos 😊
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So what if the caliper is on the other side? For instance, your caliper is on the left of the rotor. Mine is on the right
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What about if it's on the driver side, how do you place the jack then
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@@fastguned Man this is funny. I have the same problem where I have the nuts in a space where I am only able to push down and I'm desperately looking for your post..... I'm thankful for whatever your idea is if I find it.... And thanks to the author of this for the idea. I might try to hang a 50 lb weight on the thing and try to vibrate it with a hammer or something. It's just so tight, no room to get my buddy weight on it.
Worked for one bolt but the other just lifted the entire suspension :(
Same, except neither came off for me. It just lifted my car up. wtf
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Thank you, this really works where impacts don't
You're welcome!
This is insanely genius
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Hey it worked for the rear passenger side but having a hard time figuring out the rear driver side
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Thanks for sharing... I'm desperate, so will be trying it!
Did it work?
@@JasonDainter Yes! I'll be recommending it especially to all my aging friends .Again, thank you!
I have a 2014 Mustang GT that all the caliper bolts were seized. I used a different method that I learned 50 years ago from an old school mechanic. But first if you use the method shown here OR a long breaker bar or cheater bar you run the risk of breaking the head off the bolt or rounding the head which will cost a lot of, time , trouble and maybe extra expense to pay a mechanic to fix the problem you caused. Also no air wrenches for this job because of the same reason, also no heat
OK - get good 6 point combination wrenches , no sockets as the breaker bar or ratchet have too much play or give. Put the boxed end on the bolt, leave enough room to swing a 24 or 32 ounce hammer. NOW COMES THE REAL TRICK - hammer the wrench a few medium licks in the TIGHTEN DIRECTION. Then take a few licks in the loosen direction with the hammer. After doing this it worked on all 16 bolts I had. Dont really need PB Blaster either.
Good luck
@@fastguned I find your post fastguned..... I'm going to try it today
Thanks man. This worked with a 12 point box end, no breaker bar and a 3 lb hammer. Not to hijack, Jason's post, his idea is great too, for moving a wrench up. I got two off already using the right then left 3lb hammer method😂. Thanks to you both.
Great idea. I am desperate at this point and this sounds promising :D
@@arnesbeganovic good luck!
@@JasonDainter it went really well. Quite easy I would say. Thank you very much. U saved the day :)
This is genius
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Thank you so much for that brilliant tip! I had tried releasing fluid, heat, a long breaker bar and even an electric impact driver with a max torque of 450Nm, all to no avail. The jack trick worked and the good thing was I could hear the bolt move even though it wasn’t visually noticeable.
Glad it worked!
My boy it worked. Genius.
So how do you do it on the front right?
By doing what I said in my post above
Smart idea and it shows the very useful areas where a car jack can play. I was stuck with my 2010 Prius for a whole day yesterday, as even the "in theory success-guaranteed bolt method" couldn't pull a front wheel bearing out of the knuckle hub. Instead, it pulled the bearing itself apart exposing inside steel balls etc.. Almost everything under the chassis is heavily rusted thanks to the local government's shortsighted practice of spreading salt on roads here in Canada. In a desperate final try, a humble carjack coming with the car for changing tires became one of several important components and helped me to finally remove that very stubborn bearing.
What a dad. Great insight.
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i uhh, I'm here after I snapped both of my 2 year old caliper bolts with my bare hands (and an 8 inch socket wrench lol), this would have helped them snap without me risking a burst eye vessel though. I might try this but with oil next time, good thinking.
Good luck with it!
Awesome idea! Worked perfectly!!!
Glad to hear!
Can I be lazy and ask for the make/model of the spanner you used? Ta
Sure but this was a super cheap one so really it makes no difference since all the power comes from the jack here (probably one peice one is stonger though rather than using an adapter of some sort). The heads I used are called a ' Bi-Hex Socket' head which was totally the wrong head for that bolt I realise now in hindsight, but worked fine. If you search for 'Double End Swivel Socket set' you'll find similar to what I used in the video if you really wanted to though!
@@JasonDainter Thanks! I wasn't sure whether I should invest in a Snapon or equivalent.
@@mohammeds3114 the issue in this case with a seized caliper bolt is that you need more force/leverage. Having a decent quality spanner set is never a bad idea but its not going to make any difference here.
Omg thank youuu!! .. now I gotta get the top one 💀
good luck!
I tried this, and my breaker bar joint snapped!
At the moment I have one side done, but now I'm stuck. Not sure if I should buy another breaker and try the same trick again. I had hit it with PB blaster. I might apply heat on this next round.
Heat will do wonders. Wd40 and whack it s few times with a hammer. Make sure you have a decent breaker it shouldn't break! A cheap tool (as seen in video) with the jack will do it though. You'll get there! 🙏
@@JasonDainter yeah I think I am going to apply heat. I am also going to try tighten direction first. I also think I am going to move up to 3/4 breaker. I don't think my half inch breaker was cheap. But, this bolt is stuck pretty good.
I love how the instruction videos they just hit it with an impact and it just comes off no problem.
@@Kraziken0 when you apply heat am not certain on this but I heard its best to heat the parts outside the bolt rather than the bolt itself (eg the thread not the bolt). Since heat will expand things you''re then expanding the thread to dislodge the bolt. It sounds like your breaker bar had an existing crack though tbh as they certainly shouldnt break like that, if anything the bolt head should break first (try avoid that or you'll end up in a world of pain!). Apply lots of Wd40 and let it soak in, re-apply, re-try etc. Itll come off eventually.
You are a genius sir!!!! Thank you!
@@johnparrish5312 welcome!
Great idea and thanks for sharing. I will have to try this.
Probably would of got the breaker bar in if you turned the wheel
It works but only on the side where you can have it on the left pushing up. I can’t fit mine that way with the one that’s stuck… sadly 😞
Tried turning the wheel?
Thanks for sharing, great idea.
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Get this man a engineering degree he a genius
thanks. degree accepted.
the other side the wrech must go down to back out the bolt...what then??
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Thank you sir, you just saved my arm!
Happy to be of service!
this wont work on the driver’s side though?
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It worked flawlessly thank you!!!
Glad it helped!