Hey Everybody,
I've 2017 GT350 that I semi-regularly track. I installed the Caliperfexion Steel Caliper Studs about three years ago. Over time as I have changed pads for the events and then back to the street use, I have noticed that the caliper does not slide off the studs and onto the stud sleeve extensions nearly as easy as it once did. It's gotten progressively worse over time. In fact, when I last changed the pads back in November of 2021 I had to use a small mallet to lightly tap the calipers off and eventually back over the caliper stud collar (largest diameter portion of the stud).
Yesterday I started working on changing the pads back over to street pads. The driver side front caliper was a giant PITA but after some elbow grease and the small mallet again, I got it off. Re-reading the Caliperfexion stud instructions, I noticed at the bottom of the instructions there was a recommendation to put a light layer of anti-seize on the collar. I did it for the driver side last night but I should mention I hadn't done it previously before that (whoops, that one is one me).
Today I'm working on the passenger side and I have been at it for an hour now and it has only moved an inch and it's stubbornly not going any further off the stud. I decided to try and put some anti-seize on the collar and slide the caliper back against the knuckle to try and get some lubrication between the stud and the caliper hole the stud runs through, but it's not moving in that direction either.
I'm a relatively novice shade tree mechanic, and I'm currently out of ideas. Would anybody be able to provide suggestions on how to:
1) Get the caliper off?
2) Prevent this from happening again in the future?
Thanks
I've 2017 GT350 that I semi-regularly track. I installed the Caliperfexion Steel Caliper Studs about three years ago. Over time as I have changed pads for the events and then back to the street use, I have noticed that the caliper does not slide off the studs and onto the stud sleeve extensions nearly as easy as it once did. It's gotten progressively worse over time. In fact, when I last changed the pads back in November of 2021 I had to use a small mallet to lightly tap the calipers off and eventually back over the caliper stud collar (largest diameter portion of the stud).
Yesterday I started working on changing the pads back over to street pads. The driver side front caliper was a giant PITA but after some elbow grease and the small mallet again, I got it off. Re-reading the Caliperfexion stud instructions, I noticed at the bottom of the instructions there was a recommendation to put a light layer of anti-seize on the collar. I did it for the driver side last night but I should mention I hadn't done it previously before that (whoops, that one is one me).
Today I'm working on the passenger side and I have been at it for an hour now and it has only moved an inch and it's stubbornly not going any further off the stud. I decided to try and put some anti-seize on the collar and slide the caliper back against the knuckle to try and get some lubrication between the stud and the caliper hole the stud runs through, but it's not moving in that direction either.
I'm a relatively novice shade tree mechanic, and I'm currently out of ideas. Would anybody be able to provide suggestions on how to:
1) Get the caliper off?
2) Prevent this from happening again in the future?
Thanks