Broken brakes and a breakdown

[tyre_tread]

Guess who lost a bolt from the front brtake caliper today and had to call out the RAC?

:whistlesnonchalentlywhilewalkingawaywithhandsinpockets:

We managed to recruit the RAC man to Pistonheads and he will almost certainly be attending the Sywell Sunday meet.

Almost worth the embarrasment!

[matt172]

tyre_tread said:

We managed to recruit the RAC man to Pistonheads and he will almost certainly be attending the Sywell Sunday meet.

is that incase it happens again there

[central]

Was that the ill-fitting caliper from the other day, Alan?

[tyre_tread]

central said:

Was that the ill-fitting caliper from the other day, Alan?

but all of the bolts had worked loose on the front!

[central]

tyre_tread said:

central said:

Was that the ill-fitting caliper from the other day, Alan?

but all of the bolts had worked loose on the front!

Strange. Should they have some sort of humungous torque setting?

[pupp]

central said:

tyre_tread said:

central said:

Was that the ill-fitting caliper from the other day, Alan?

but all of the bolts had worked loose on the front!

Strange. Should they have some sort of humungous torque setting?

No. But they need thread locking.

Wheels all balanced ok Alan, and rotors running true?

[tyre_tread]

pupp said:

central said:

tyre_tread said:

central said:

Was that the ill-fitting caliper from the other day, Alan?

but all of the bolts had worked loose on the front!

Strange. Should they have some sort of humungous torque setting?

No. But they need thread locking.

Wheels all balanced ok Alan, and rotors running true?

Yep, they do need threadlocking. Lesson learned. Just need to find a replacement bolt!

Everything else is fine. Haven't really tried the brakes too hard as allowing them to bed in and after the bolt problem we pretty much trundled about this afternoon.

Thnaks to Sporting Bear for not ribbing me about it too much (Yeah, right! )

[Sporting Bear]

pupp said:

. . . they need thread locking.

so tightening bolts with a bent over screwdriver isn't good enough then

Edited by Sporting Bear on Wednesday 14th March 23:32

[tyre_tread]

Sporting Bear said:

pupp said:

. . . they need thread locking.

so tightening bolts with a bent over screwdriver isn't good enough then

Edited by Sporting Bear on Wednesday 14th March 23:32

I'd heard that's how you do them. My advice is buy the right tool for the job as I did. Still doesn't stop the beggars working loose though!

[Sporting Bear]

tyre_tread said:

Yep, they do need threadlocking. Lesson learned. Just need to find a replacement bolt!

tyre_tread said:

Everything else is fine. Haven't really tried the brakes too hard as allowing them to bed in and after the bolt problem

tyre_tread said:

we pretty much trundled about this afternoon.

tyre_tread said:

Thanks to Sporting Bear for not ribbing me about it

Edited by Sporting Bear on Thursday 15th March 00:02

[central]

tyre_tread said:

trundled

[Sporting Bear]

central said:

tyre_tread said:

trundled

No, trundled

[tyre_tread]

Sporting Bear said:

central said:

tyre_tread said:

trundled

No, trundled

all things are relative!

[tyre_tread]

New bolts acquired today and fitted with Loctite.

No wonder I couldn't tighten up the old ones as the heads were full of cr@p which meant I couldn't get the allen key in properly.

Dead easy with new bolts.