Brake Caliper bolt

[msb71]

Going down the road a few days ago,I heard a clunking noise from the left tire, when I stopped I investigated, noticed the brake caliper bolt ( there are 2) was missing , my caliper is moving on the rotor.Still has one bolt in.
I ordered 2 from Ford, when it came in I put it in and it is stripped on the spindle, with no way to tighten it down properly, is there any way I can fix this , it never gets tight. it worries me, i can feel it pulsate on rotor when stopping.

Mike

 

[Skandocious]

Well you could TRY to rethread it but I doubt it would work out too well... You'd probably wanna go pick up a new caliper. Nope, scratch that, you'd have to get TWO to make sure the truck doesn't pull to one side when braking.

I've also heard mixed feelings about Heli-Coils... Perhaps you could try one of those before dropping the big dough.
http://www.emhart.com/products/helicoil.asp

 

[msb71]

But doesn't the Caliper bolt to the spindle?
Is the Spindle stripped?

Mike

 

[jr32560]

it's the caliper attaching bracket-just get a longer bolt and don't over tighten it-had this happen to me-easy fix

 

[Skandocious]

But doesn't the Caliper bolt to the spindle?
Is the Spindle stripped?

Mike

No it ain't. If it were, the caliper would be spinning around the wheel whenever the spindle is moving right? I believe the caliper just bolts to itself on the other side... Lemme go have another look at mine.

 

[jr32560]

hey skan see post above yours-the bolt into the caliper attaching bracket which bolts to the hub assembly

 

[jr32560]

man you guys need to get a manual -I've done so many brake jobs on mine I know the deal by heart-well maybe not the correct terms

 

[Skandocious]

Yeah I just went out and looked. The caliper is bolted to the steering knuckle. I'm not sure if longer bolts would really fix it, just by looking at it, but if Junior said it worked then it's worth a shot.

 

[jr32560]

hell worse comes to worse-just change the bracket

 

[89frankenford]

you don't have to change both calipers when you change one.

 

[89frankenford]

oh and the caliper botls to the bracket on the axle housing. not itself

 

[Skandocious]

oh and the caliper botls to the bracket on the axle housing. not itself

Yeah we already covered that... Thanks chief.

 

[89frankenford]

haha woops, musta read past that

 

[msb71]

K ,I know what I am gonna be doing this weekend, will let ya know how it goes.

MIke

 

[jr32560]

you do know locktite makes some stuff called form a thread-have used it on harleys it works pretty good!

 

[jr32560]

oopps I just remembered--it's now made by Permatex-it's called form-a-thread-stripped thread repair-seems to work just as well -