I feel cheap...
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Scientific Negotiator
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St. Jude Donor '07-'08-'10, '14
I feel cheap...
Anyone else too fargon cheap to buy new bolts for your brakes when you remove them????
Stealership wanted $6 PER bolt!!! $2 PER bolt for the caliper bracket bolts!!!
$64 for friggon bolts???
come on now.... 
Stealership wanted $6 PER bolt!!! $2 PER bolt for the caliper bracket bolts!!!
$64 for friggon bolts???
come on now....
Melting Slicks
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From: Plainfield, IL
You supposed to replace the bolts after you remove them??? never heard of that and I have been doing brake jobs for years on my own cars.
Dont see the point the bolts are perfectly fine and reusable after removal.
Dont see the point the bolts are perfectly fine and reusable after removal.
Burning Brakes
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Well I just didn't bother replacing them when I did my front brakes. They really looked ok. That's a rather large bolt and I doubt it if GM designed them to crack internally right when the rotors wear out. You should be fine.
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Scientific Negotiator
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St. Jude Donor '07-'08-'10, '14
Originally Posted by JTS97Z28
You supposed to replace the bolts after you remove them??? never heard of that and I have been doing brake jobs for years on my own cars.
Dont see the point the bolts are perfectly fine and reusable after removal.
Dont see the point the bolts are perfectly fine and reusable after removal.
I agree with you 100%, but that's what the book says... (money making plot I think...)
Racer
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From: Portland, Oregon . To err is human, to forgive is NOT company policy
Originally Posted by JTS97Z28
You supposed to replace the bolts after you remove them??? never heard of that and I have been doing brake jobs for years on my own cars.
Dont see the point the bolts are perfectly fine and reusable after removal.
Dont see the point the bolts are perfectly fine and reusable after removal.
where did you read/hear that?
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St. Jude Donor '07-'08-'10, '14
Originally Posted by landl
where did you read/hear that?
Pg 5-47 of the service manual GMP/98-Y-2 (and repeated throughout that book)...
I wouldv'e thought you were making it up too!
Burning Brakes
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From: Surprise AZ
The new bolts have a coating of red Locktite on them. I just bought a tube of Locktite and reused my old ones. GM says to use new bolts because they want to be sure you have the Locktite on them. Be sure you torque the bolts to the correct specification and you should not have any problems.
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St. Jude Donor '07-'08-'10, '14
Originally Posted by seattle
The new bolts have a coating of red Locktite on them. I just bought a tube of Locktite and reused my old ones. GM says to use new bolts because they want to be sure you have the Locktite on them. Be sure you torque the bolts to the correct specification and you should not have any problems.
That's what I figured, and have been doing all along...
Thanks seattle....
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Originally Posted by devnull
Anyone else too fargon cheap to buy new bolts for your brakes when you remove them????
Stealership wanted $6 PER bolt!!! $2 PER bolt for the caliper bracket bolts!!!
$64 for friggon bolts??? come on now....
Stealership wanted $6 PER bolt!!! $2 PER bolt for the caliper bracket bolts!!!
$64 for friggon bolts???
come on now.... Leave it to most "stealerships".
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From: Boynton Beach Florida
St. Jude Donor '07-'12, '20
Originally Posted by seattle
The new bolts have a coating of red Locktite on them. I just bought a tube of Locktite and reused my old ones. GM says to use new bolts because they want to be sure you have the Locktite on them. Be sure you torque the bolts to the correct specification and you should not have any problems.