[Shop-talk] Replacing a sheared-off bolt on a brake assembly...

[David Scheidt]

On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 9:54 PM, Jimmie Mayfield
<mayfield+shoptalk at sackheads.org> wrote:
> In the process of trying to remove the front brake rotors from my
> girlfriend's 95 Taurus, one of the 15mm mounting bolts for the driver side
> caliper bracket sheared off. B After a lot of heating with a torch, I did
> manage to extract the sheared-off piece from the bracket without damaging
> the threads. B But I've been unable to find a parts store with Saturday
> business hours that actually sells these guys. B In fact, Autozone was the
only
> store that even has an SKU # for this bolt and they'd have to special-order
it.
> So I'll have to wait until Monday when the local Ford parts dept opens...
>
> But I'm wondering...Are these bolts manufactured to special tolerances
> such that replacing one with a hardened bolt from, say, ACE hardware, would
be
> unacceptable from a functional or safety point of view?
>

Junk yard?  And, yes, they're not normal bolts.

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David Scheidt
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