Beat Master BoB Posted September 25, 2006 Share Posted September 25, 2006 Ok, so after what seems like a year, I finally put today aside to put the ST-170 front brakes on ... everything pretty much goes to plan without tooooooooooo much hassle and stress and finally I try to attach the banjo bolt to the final caliper and ....................... smeg ....... the thread that the banjo bolt goes into is damaged, and no matter how many times I try to play around with different combernation of copper washers and spacers etc its all useless as the banjo bolt cant be done up tight enough to even think about holding brake fluid ... At first I thought it might be the acctual banjo bolt or the washers or whatever but I have tried and tested everything and IT IS the caliper thread ... I did a google search and there are companies who can re-drill the threads and I also found a few DIY products on ebay but have no idea if they are any good ... looking down into the caliper there is no obvious visible damage so it cant be anything toooooooo major (can it!?) Can anyone suggest anything ??? anyone ever used one of these thread fixing tools ??? I currently dont have a working car so any help would be very VERY lovely !!!!!!!! Thanks all ... BoB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl160180 Posted September 25, 2006 Share Posted September 25, 2006 You can either re-tap the thread and try a new banjo bolt in it OR you can tap the thread out slighly bigger and use what's called a HELI COIL which is basically a few thread that is screwed into the existing thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScORTED Posted September 25, 2006 Share Posted September 25, 2006 do you have the correct threaded banjo bolts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaMMy125 Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 (edited) do you have the correct threaded banjo bolts? yea man u using a ford one, or a shorter motorbike one, cos motorbike banjo threads r different 2 cars mate Edited September 26, 2006 by crashandburn125 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beat Master BoB Posted September 26, 2006 Author Share Posted September 26, 2006 They are standard ford banjo bolts ... I just dont understand how the caliper thread got so damaged, the bolt is really REALLY loose on the one side, whereas the other side with the spacers on is nice and tight, not leaking what so ever ... Its so bloody annoying not having a car!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beat Master BoB Posted September 26, 2006 Author Share Posted September 26, 2006 Can I just check with you guys ... your banjo bolt thread is M10 x 1.25 right ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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