Brake Caliper snapping!

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Nov 23, 2003 | 02:01 AM

ls1_98

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Brake Caliper bolt snapping!

I painted my calipers last year, reinstalled the caliper bolts, torqued them at 23 ft-lbs using blue loctite. On my last drive the upper bolt snapped. This caused for the caliper to slide off the pad and rest on the rim. Still had stopping power, but scrapped the wheel and caliper (just imagine if i had more clearance between the caliper and wheel, ie 19" wheel). I am now changing all the bolts on my brakes. Just taught i would share this, there has been many discussions on the forum about reusing the original bolts after each use. I was very lucky and think it's worth the trip to the dealer to get a new set every time.

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Nov 23, 2003 | 06:17 AM

jmX

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Re: Brake Caliper bolt snapping! (ls1_98)

Wow, definitly the first time I've seen that happen. Thanks for the heads up. I guess anything is possible!

Nov 23, 2003 | 07:29 AM

Melting Slicks

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Re: Brake Caliper bolt snapping! (ls1_98)

WOW!!! Now I know why the manual states to dicard and replace the bolts!

Nov 23, 2003 | 08:29 AM

Miaugi

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Re: Brake Caliper bolt snapping! (ls1_98)

:eek:

Nov 23, 2003 | 05:26 PM

Melting Slicks

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Re: Brake Caliper bolt snapping! (ls1_98)

Hey, Check Ebay, there is a set of front brake calipers off a 98 right now.

Nov 23, 2003 | 08:52 PM

BlueDragon

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Re: Brake Caliper bolt snapping! (ls1_98)

Hummm, First time for me seeing that also! Ya got me scratching my ~~~~ head on that one. There is absolutely no braking force on that bolt, it just holds the caliper in place to squeeze the pads, the bracket takes all the braking load. check to make sure the slider is free and the caliper slides back and forth (centering). Sometimes too much grease on the sliders will cause them to lock up in the bracket.

Maybe just a bad bolt???

Its a shame it happened messed up the caliper and rim pretty good, sorry!

Jer