I just picked up this 97 ST and I'm going over it bit by bit. The front brakes were squealing just a tad so I started there. I was able to disconnect the right side calipers and was able to swing the pads out to see that they were pretty dry between the backing plate and the pistons. Some pad lube solved the squeal problem. I could not remove the brake pad pins because they were rounded out, on both front calipers. The top bolt on the left caliper swing arm is not rounded out but I could not get it loose with the hex wrench I had. I did not want to strip that one out too. I hit them with penetrating oil last night. I'll hit them again today to see if they loosen up. I'm looking for a few tips on getting these pins out. I don't want to reomve he calipers from the lines but I may have to if they need to be drilled out. Anybody out there experience anything similar? What's the best way to extract rounded hex cap screws? I might try a hex attachment on an air ratchet for the top bolt. The impact action my be enough to dislodge it. The pin bolts are another story. They are alreay rounded out.
