rear caliper bracket bolt stuck

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peng1774
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Joined: Tue Apr 26, 2016 1:40 pm
Car: 2007 Altima 2.5 S sedan

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hey guys,

im having huge problem when trying to replace my rear brake rotors.
both the 19mm caliper bracket bolt stuck as hell. (the other 14 mm were quite easy to remove cuz i did pad change every year... rotors? never in these 5 years/70k miles until today)
i havent touched the front rotors yet, but i would assume they will have the same problem.
after watching some online videos on caliper bracket bolt stuck problem, i saw people were using breaker bar and impact wrench as the solution.
i think im gonna go for the breaker bar, and i do believe breaker bar will take care of the front bolt.
but after i had a look of the rear caliper, i saw the rear strut was taking the space of the bottom bracket bolt. so im not sure will i have enough space to put the socket and a 12 in breaker bar? (im sure this space is no enough for impact wrench tho)
or do u have any other suggestions on this stuck bolt?
Thank you very much for your time, have a good day fellas.

PS. i have tried the hammer on wrench way on the stuck bolt, just no luck.

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