:bonkers: I about shit, looking at them brake pads, YGTBFSM......
:goodnight::flash:
Yeah, I guess I shouldn't be too unhappy that there was a problem that forced me to get in there.
It was the caliper with the problem, so as soon as I took the wheel off and saw it, I stopped the bleeding process, which the next step was to spray the bleeder with PB Blaster and let it sit for a day. I forgot about that, and got confused and thought it was the caliper that was already bled and that my roommate had just overtightened it. Plus, it was off the car and thus easier to apply too much torque. About a half a second after it snapped off, I realized what was going on. So, from now on, as a precaution, I will always apply PB Blaster before loosening a fastener that won't easily unfasten.
No success on getting the bleeder stub out. Heat wrench, freeze spray, more heat wrench and wax, all were unsuccessful.
Would like to go with the spiffy new aluminum option, but I've been between jobs for awhile. At this point, I'm starting to feel guilty about any time/effort/money I spend on the car. I realize in the grand scheme of things, and at this point in my life, that a few hundred less in my IRA won't really impact me much when/if I actually get around to retiring. But I still can't bring myself to spend the money. And, I already bought the o-ring kit for both calipers. So, I'm going to call some parts places/rebuilders to see if I can find a core to rebuild. Mine isn't rebuildable, so if I buy one, I'll have to pay the core fee, and then either rebuild it with the o-ring kit, or only use half the kit.
I liked the way the POR 15 looked on the first caliper half I tried it on. Of course, that's the caliper that I screwed up . . . :surrender:
Mike