Top caliper bolt Options

[trevoroq]

Hi ,I have replaced all my pads ,but on the rear callipers the top bolt has a rubber grommet in it and no visible means to undoing it, I replaced the pads by undoing the bottom bolt and lifting the calliper but wondered if there is any way to remove the top bolt Thanks

[Galcobar]

The bolt under the cap does not hold the caliper to the bracket.

It's not necessary to remove it, in fact. The bolt is there to hold the bushing onto the bracket. The caliper slides on the bushing. The only thing actually holding the caliper on that bushing is the little rubber pin boot. Pop that boot off one side or the other and you should be able to slide the caliper off of the bushing, thus seperating the caliper and bracket.

If the caliper is stuck on the bushing, the best way I found to seperate the pieces is by setting the caliper into a vice, then using a punch. Take the cap off, set the punch on the top of the bolt, and hammer away. What you're doing is hammering the bushing out of the caliper, which you'd have to do even if you unbolted the bushing from the bracket first.