Umm, been at this all day. 11 year old brembo brakes. Last and final attempt was drilling them out which was a fail because I couldn't keep a perfect line out the back side so the molten lava old back piece is in the way of the new hole.😪

That said, I refuse to waste any more time on this and even my Dremel is a pos had it worked right I could've maybe had success.

So, with one side off completely but other front side untouched, and caliper pistons bare , can I limp about until new brembos come in?

 

If you have one side off I would say no. Did you try to cut the pins, dismount, then try to drill the pins out from a bench?

 

Thanks. Really, one can save alot of time if, after trying to punch them out they won't then machine drill them. After struggle with cutting pins off I can say the sticking spot of these are the back side of caliper casing. No way one can hand drill them out head on against a hardened metal pin and think the new hole will be a match. Note that you would need to also drill a wider chamfer for the one end of replacement pin set too.

I opted for new calipers.I did not like what I saw in which one of the 4 piston heads would not press back along with deteriorated rubbers over the caliper pistons. I'll attach a pic later. 😪😎