WTF!! do you guys do about screws that you just cant get out and are slowly but surely stripping the heads...Im in the middle of a replacing my brakes right now and I got the right side pads in fine and everything and now I go to the left side can I cant get the 2 damn pins out of the caliper (the pins that basically go through that spring thing...) Also is it necessary to take off the reservoir cap up on the handle bars?? cause I didnt....

 

Vice grips if I can. But you can also pop the head clean off if ya do that

 

WD40, or if all else fails drill it and re-tap it.

 

Can't get to it with vice grips...this pisses me off so bad...I ended up just puttin the old pads back on for now Because the wear indicators are still visible I'm goin to use an ez out and just drill the little bastards out and order some new pins online ... I think I should be ok doin gentle riding until I can get everything done...however I still don't know why the guy told me to take the reservoir cap off!?when changing the pads b/c in my haynes manual it doesn't say anything about that???

 

bring it to a dealership, and then be like WHAT'D YOU DO!?!?! :-p
but other than vice-grips (once the screw/bolt is stripped), Snap-On sells "easy outs" that go over the screw/bolt head that basically grips every side as you take it off. Its a one way process, but you can try looking into those.

 

i think they tell u to take the reservoir cap off to make it easier to push the pistons back in, at least thats what i do on cars

 

Im pretty sure im just going to do that Im tired of F*ckin with it.

Bluedevil- I guess that would make sense mine werent hard to push back at all so i guess i just wont worry about it lol

 

Go buy a small propane torch and heat that stubborn b*tch up, they'll come out like butter.

 

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