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*HELP: Brake line bolt hole stripped!*

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Old Mar 26, 2012 | 02:25 AM
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Unhappy *HELP: Brake line bolt hole stripped!*

Picked up a set of Brembo front calipers and was installing them and found out that the top threads on the caliper where the brake line bolts in we're stripped! Took the brake line off the stock caliper and installed it on the Brembo caliper. Started tightening the bolt but it never got tight. Took the bolt out to find the top threads in the hole were stripped (like the bolt had been cross threaded possibly). Any thoughts or ideas as to what I can do???

Please, any thoughts or suggestions would be much appreciated! Thanks!
Old Mar 30, 2012 | 01:58 PM
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Originally Posted by eleanor|wagon
Picked up a set of Brembo front calipers and was installing them and found out that the top threads on the caliper where the brake line bolts in we're stripped! Took the brake line off the stock caliper and installed it on the Brembo caliper. Started tightening the bolt but it never got tight. Took the bolt out to find the top threads in the hole were stripped (like the bolt had been cross threaded possibly). Any thoughts or ideas as to what I can do???

Please, any thoughts or suggestions would be much appreciated! Thanks!
zip ties my man... zip ties.

Or heli-coil or rethread it.
Old Jun 29, 2012 | 08:01 PM
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i agree to onemanarmy you can re-thread it or you can look up online manuals and instructions for subaru brake caliper. There is a broad manuals online
Old Jun 29, 2012 | 08:31 PM
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D@mn, that sucks Seth. Do what oneman said, rethread it.

Do you think you bought it that way?
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