Muggzy
07-07-2010, 08:02 PM
Hey All,
I went to replace the brake pads on my rear caliper a couple of days ago and the bolts that hold the pads into the caliper were shot. I knew that the back-most one was stripped while I was taking it out, I could just feel it. I found a newer (used) caliper locally today but it needed pads too. So I just got back to working on it and the same (back) screw was coming out the same way. Only the bottom 2-3 threads are shot but they wrecked the threads in the hole on the way out. WTF!?!? Did I do something to eff it up?
Anybody know what the thread size is? I'm gonna try chasing the thread with a tap to clean it up but I may have to helicoil the damn thing tomorrow. :mad:
I went to replace the brake pads on my rear caliper a couple of days ago and the bolts that hold the pads into the caliper were shot. I knew that the back-most one was stripped while I was taking it out, I could just feel it. I found a newer (used) caliper locally today but it needed pads too. So I just got back to working on it and the same (back) screw was coming out the same way. Only the bottom 2-3 threads are shot but they wrecked the threads in the hole on the way out. WTF!?!? Did I do something to eff it up?
Anybody know what the thread size is? I'm gonna try chasing the thread with a tap to clean it up but I may have to helicoil the damn thing tomorrow. :mad: