eldoj

I tried my impact wrench, but maybe its not strong enough. It is a cheapie that came with my air compressor.

iNfiNkC

your going to need a breaker bar with a cheater bar(jack handle)

eldoj

Any suggestions on how to get the room to use a cheater bar?
No problem on the fronts, but the rear, I have no room.

arp2nr

THe way I did it is with a wrench and a big hammer,no joking, the only other choice is get an impact wrench.

puregreddy

once these bolts finally come out, are they re-used? I remember reading somewhere on this site that due to the high torque, these bolts should be replaced when removed????

arp2nr

That may be true, but I re-used the bolts. I did my rotors about 5 years ago and things are still good.

eldoj

Just an update. Gave it another try this weekend after using PB Blaster on them for about a week.
After a little creative thinking and a lot of elbow grease, I got the caliper bolts off and rotors changed.
Thanks for all of the suggestions.

Jacket

Excellent. I don't know how many times I've walked away from being stuck wrenching, only to pick it up hours or days later and have things work as originally planned.

eldoj

This happens to me all of the time. But glad I got through this one.

Aniko Janutolo

'11 q7 tdi, having same issue with bolts, we greased it and took our air tools to it and everything. Anyone have any other suggestions. We're not going to pay thousands of dollars for something that costs less than 250.00 to fix....