Hey everyone, new FD owner here. Thought I’d share my misery with the rest of you and let you all know that I cross threaded both bolts on my left rear caliper. Super fun. Yes, the piston was turned in all the way; yes the notch was lined up with the dimple on the brake pad. Truth be told, I think they were pretty chewed up by whoever previously installed the brakes, but that’s neither here nor there; fact is they were working just fine until I touched them. Anyways, not be be deterred, I continued on to the right rear and a little “trick” I figured out was to use clamps to keep the disc from moving when reinstalling the bolts. Both bolts went in straight and seated properly; not sure if I just got lucky or if my clamp setup actually worked; either way, I wanted to ask all of you if there’s any special way to re-install these things. The factory service manual doesn't mention anything and my search on here didn’t return anything either. My caliper is currently being refurbished/re-threaded(likely a heli-coil) locally and I don’t want to mess this one up.

Thanks!

J

 

The bolts that hold the caliper itself to the caliper bracket are top and bottom specific, this is in the shop manual. I think there's a G and L on the bolts or something.

If those are installed incorrectly weird stuff could happen.

Also typically it's worth putting a lug nut or two on the studs and that will hold the rotor flush against the hub while working on the caliper.

Dale

 

yeah, G goes on top, L goes on the bottom. I got my caliper back today, as predicted they re-threaded using a heli coil. I used my clamps to hold the disc flush against the hub and the bolts went in easily. Lesson learned! Thanks for the reply Dale!