[TR] Thanks for the help on Spit vertical link

Me levilevi at comcast.net
Sat Sep 27 15:11:34 MDT 2014


Most of the force will be shear force on the bolt not pull force on the
threads. That was how it was explained to me.

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> On Sep 27, 2014, at 1:42 PM, Randall <TR3driver at ca.rr.com> wrote:
>
>
>> On my second try with a heli coil I got the caliper bolt to
>> hold with the
>> recommended 65 ft/lbs of torque.
>
> Uhm, so what happens when you jump on the brakes for a panic stop and the
force on the threads goes up?  The force on the caliper is
> going to be somewhere around 1/3 to 1/2 the weight of the car.
>
> Randall


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