Originally Posted by
az3579
Alright, so quick update.
Bruce, when you mentioned vice grips, we tried that at Charlie's place and failed. It turns out, the vice grips were at fault in this case. The ones we used were from Harbor Freight, and it was actually damaging the vice grips as we tried to get the nut loosened.
Today I was visiting my BMW Tech friend at his place and he said "let's check it out". Little did I know I'd have my caliper installed tonight.
He used his SnapOn vice grips and that totally did the trick. That thing grips like a mofo.