Caliper Bolts

[ObsidianRadio]

Hi all,


So I tried reversing yesterday evening and I felt an awful shudder and loud noise coming from my front right wheel...

Upon inspection, I found that the caliper had come off from the rotor at the bottom and was scraping the inside of my wheel

So I've been told the culprit is a caliper bolt coming loose. If I took it to a local mechanic, how much SHOULD this repair cost? It still seems to brake fine when I move forward, but sh*t hits the fan if i dare reverse, so back off the road it goes

[Daniel2019]

A loose caliper bolt will take them like five minutes to fix. Normally a place charges minimum half an hour or an hour labour , plus the cost + possible profit on parts.

[Daniel2019]

It should be like 10 bucks... but realistically, if it really is just a loose bolt and nothing else wrong, then it will probably be about 50, if they charge half an hour labour minimum. Can't you just do it yourself lol.

[Taz]

Is there anything wrong with the actual hub or caliper itself? or are you simply missing a bolt? Is the thread in the hub still good?
Dwayne will have a million bolts (if he keeps them) for next to nothing and its a 2 second job taking off the tire and putting a bolt back in..
If the thread is rooted, then it might be cheaper to source another hub, and put it in yourself rather than paying someone else to fix a thread and new bolt + labour etc when a hub would probably only set you back 50 etc

[Vectose]

and its a 2 second job taking off the tire and putting a bolt back in..

Does that mean you can do a tire rotation in 8 seconds?

[Taz]

If were gonna go and get technical
Not me personally, but for an F1 pit crew, yes - a tire rotation in 8 seconds is more than do-able and this is what i was referring to

[Vectose]

Ahh, so Jack got a job in an F1 pit crew?

[bjk]

Ahh, so Jack got a job in an F1 pit crew?

Sponsored by VIPFTO Automotive.

[Daniel2019]

Ahh, so Jack got a job in an F1 pit crew?

And there is like 7 of him now?

[ObsidianRadio]

WTF guys


Didn't even need to take the wheel of for this fix, full lock FTW

Top bolt was a little loose too, but I sourced a bolt from the local mechanic for free (legend), marinated it with loctite, and it all went to plan! Did the same for the top bolt, and all is fixed now. I am a happy FTOwner today.

[Daniel2019]

WTF guys


Didn't even need to take the wheel of for this fix, full lock FTW

Top bolt was a little loose too, but I sourced a bolt from the local mechanic for free (legend), marinated it with loctite, and it all went to plan! Did the same for the top bolt, and all is fixed now. I am a happy FTOwner today.

Good to hear mate

[Shhtuart]

Oh god you loctite'd a caliper bolt? Good luck next time you need to change the pads over.

[Daniel2019]

Oh god you loctite'd a caliper bolt? Good luck next time you need to change the pads over.

Stilsons.

[fraz91]

Oh god you loctite'd a caliper bolt? Good luck next time you need to change the pads over.

Stilsons.

Breaker bars work better

Or just borrow Sahin for a day. He'll undo everything in your engine bay and under your car with his bare hands.

[Shane001]

Oh god you loctite'd a caliper bolt? Good luck next time you need to change the pads over.

Agree, you don't need loctite on caliper bolts, u just need to torque them to the correct setting.

And I would be having a look to see if there is a reason why they came loose in the first place (other than the most likley, not torqued correctly).

[shadowarrior]

Let's just hope he used the blue loctite instead of the red one...

[silverGPX]

Oh god you loctite'd a caliper bolt? Good luck next time you need to change the pads over.

Agree, you don't need loctite on caliper bolts, u just need to torque them to the correct setting.

And I would be having a look to see if there is a reason why they came loose in the first place (other than the most likley, not torqued correctly).

What happens if overtorqued?

[Taz]

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=What+happens+if+yo ... +a+bolt%3F

[Shane001]

Oh god you loctite'd a caliper bolt? Good luck next time you need to change the pads over.

Agree, you don't need loctite on caliper bolts, u just need to torque them to the correct setting.

And I would be having a look to see if there is a reason why they came loose in the first place (other than the most likley, not torqued correctly).

What happens if overtorqued?

In this instance I was more referring to undertorqued, but to answer your question, you can weaken and/or snap the bolt.

[Sahin]

Oh god you loctite'd a caliper bolt? Good luck next time you need to change the pads over.

Stilsons.

Breaker bars work better

Or just borrow Sahin for a day. He'll undo everything in your engine bay and under your car with his bare hands.

I've never had a bolt I couldn't undo... And never have I used a breaker bar lol