Has anyone had any issues getting the pins outa the top of the front calipers? Apparently my car has seen way too many 130-60 stops on the highway bc my pins are seized lol. I work at Autozone so I priced out calipers and there only 70 a piece but the vendor is outa stock and the hardware kit pins are too short so I can't even drill them out my brakes are pretty warped and im surprised they've lasted 62000 miles someone help plzzzzzzzzzzz
Ps. I haven't been on here in awhile so if this is a repost im sorry

 

had the same problem with mine. had to take the calipers off and drill them bastards out.

 

Where'd u get the new pins?

 

i was dumb, and in a hurry to get it done. went to the dealership. was 100 some odd bucks. afterwards i found this Brembo Caliper Pin Kit 08 09 Cobalt TC 25900781 - Crate Engine Depot

 

Mallett and brass punch. Push the retainer clip down or have soneone hokd it for you. Then put on your man pants and go to town. No reason they should be seized.

Try spraying it down with some brake dust cleaner before hand. Or pb blaster (or similar) and let it soak overnight

 

they were a huge pain to get out of my dads ss. just use some PB blaster

 

Didn't try a brass center punch I had a regular steel one or whatever and mushroomed the heads on the drive side both pins and the passengers wouldn't budge either thanks for the help guys ill prob end up taking them off drilling and getting new pins anyone have any issue bleading the calipers? I've never bled 4 piston calipers before lol

 

you can buy brembo calipers for $70.00 each? doesn't sound right

 

Agreed...

And use brass to reduce the possibility of mushrooming the pins in the future.

I usually clean the pins when I rotate my tires every few thousand miles. Quick and easy maintenance

 

That's a good idea and ya no lie 77 bucks or something like that had a pic and all couldn't believe it prob why our vendor is outa stock bc there so cheap hahahah

 

$77 bucks for the calipers? no way, maybe the pads, but not the calipers.

 

Call up ur local Autozone or look onlie im telling u there cheap but the vendor is outa stock lol I almost **** when I saw it myself

 

Duralast Reman/Brake Caliper not sure what this is no pic online. remaned brembo?


Duralast Reman/Brake Caliper - Front (C6101) | 2009 Chevrolet Cobalt 4 Cylinders X 2.0L SFI Turbo DOHC | AutoZone.com

 

That price is with exchange guys. Big difference.

Edit: Actually looked at link, even with 50.00 core on top of 70ish it is still damn cheap.

 

for some reason i don't believe it.

 

Brembo Caliper RH FRT 08 09 Cobalt TC 25900764 - Crate Engine Depot

Brembo Caliper LH FRT 08 09 Cobalt TC 25900763 - Crate Engine Depot


Real brembos. Not duralast.... If it seems too good to be true it probably is. ^ point proven.

 

$250 each is not bad.......

 

I agree, but it isnt no 70$ lol. Im not looking forward to doing my brembos, i know their seized. :/

 

manual says use a punch so?

 

HAHA well warped rotors are probobly because u use AWESOME autozone parts on your car. and your pins are frozen? thats weird, like they didnt lube em good enough last time your breaks were done...

 

so how do you get these out if youve punch hammered the hell out of them soaked them in PB blaster. and you dont want to drill them out? 61k on car. getting brake pull

 

Late to the thread but I did this last winter and had a b!tch of a time also. I had a thread with pics on GMSC.net, but the pics are gone now. I tried everything including a punch and 3 lb hammer with the caliper on a wood block on the floor before I got the bastards out in pieces. Ended up drilling the last one piece out after cutting them off flush to the caliper with a carbide wheel.

New pins from CED.

Anti-seize the new pins and to all out there, if your car sees salt in the winter, anti-sieze the pins now.

Take out the spaces in the above URL.

 

You're supposed to lube up the caliper pins every time you change pads or do a brake job. This has been discussed many times, but a mallet and punch should do the trick.

 

well the dealer did mine and they started to grab hard on the left side so i thought to take them apart and lube the slides now i cant do anything

 

Guys,

Our pins have a little rubber collar on them that holds the pins in place. If you have lots of hard braking and the calipers are exposed to lots of heat, the rubber collars can melt and seize into place, causing the pins to be siezed.

Trying to punch them out only results in bent pins most times.

Buy a pin kit from crate engine depot, cut the pins in half while still installed, and use a small butane torch to heat one end slightly, punch it out, and then do the other end.

I had to do mine at 36,000 miles, after a couple of hard auto-x days and a near accident which caused me to heat the rotors to a glaze and almost catch my pads on fire.

I did pads, 4 rotors, and a 2 pin kits. Next brake job the calipers will get sandblasted and be treated to a rebuild kit.