rear brake calipers removal trouble

[steve_mk3]

Since the car runs, I need to make sure it can stop.
i am trying to get the rotors off, the fronts were not a problem, the rears however....

I was able to remove the bolt that holds the caliper to the torque plate. On the drivers side the caliper was frozen in place, I can now move it up and down on the pin,but it wont slide off thepin. I have this on soaked with WD. I went on to the passenger side, the bolt came out the calipermoves freely up and down but it wond slid off the pin. Am I missing something? Is there something special to get the calipers off? I read the TSRM,but it just says remove the caliper.

Thanks
Steve

 

[Shawndude]

Sounds like you're doing it right. The shit always rusts together in record time.

Even with all brand new hardware, and using the best synthetic brake grease I can find, the crap self fuses together.

Just keep working at it. Only way I could get my old ones off was to cut off the pin, and press it out in a vice. If all else fails, get the torch on it and beat on it.

Nobody said owning a 15+ year old car would be fun, did they? :ugh: