Bolt Flies off at 65mph and locks up in brake caliper
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Bolt Flies off at 65mph and locks up in brake caliper
Driving on the 405 south at 65 mph when I hear metal banging under the carriage and from the right side.
The sound goes away, so i chalk it up to catching road debris that passed. A minute later i start hearing a sound that resembled big mud tires on a jacked up truck. Couple minutes later i realize this sound was coming from me. I pull over on the shoulder on the busiest freeway in the nation and had her towed home.
Turns out:
The bracket that holds the front right brake caliper to the Knuckle arm (held on by two #17 bolts) became stripped and the upper bolt shot out into the wheel... bouncing around and becoming lodged between the caliper and the inner wheel well.... leaving a gash around the inner ring and letting the brake caliper fall forward...
Shitty news is you cant buy just the bracket that holds the caliper, you have to buy the whole front caliper assembly and bracket together in a kit... $150 @ acura.
I just can't believe this happened, I changed the brakes 2 years ago on the front and have had no problems. they were properly tightened when the brakes were changed. Freaky
The sound goes away, so i chalk it up to catching road debris that passed. A minute later i start hearing a sound that resembled big mud tires on a jacked up truck. Couple minutes later i realize this sound was coming from me. I pull over on the shoulder on the busiest freeway in the nation and had her towed home.
Turns out:
The bracket that holds the front right brake caliper to the Knuckle arm (held on by two #17 bolts) became stripped and the upper bolt shot out into the wheel... bouncing around and becoming lodged between the caliper and the inner wheel well.... leaving a gash around the inner ring and letting the brake caliper fall forward...
Shitty news is you cant buy just the bracket that holds the caliper, you have to buy the whole front caliper assembly and bracket together in a kit... $150 @ acura.
I just can't believe this happened, I changed the brakes 2 years ago on the front and have had no problems. they were properly tightened when the brakes were changed. Freaky
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Second time I remember reading about this happening. Happened to another forum member years ago. There is a thread about it somewhere...
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I Have changed many a brakes and never had a bracket bolt go in cross threaded but then again I do not use power tools and start all bolts by hand...
someone most likely used an impact wrench to remove and install them
someone most likely used an impact wrench to remove and install them
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my friend who is a mechanic and I do all the work ourselves.
We used a ratchet when we did the brake change a couple years back, no impact tools for the brake change.
I just recalled about 6 months ago we installed Raxles on the fronts, maybe something wasnt tightened properly but we are both pretty meticulous about that.... Donno... i'm still pretty amazed.
Anyway got the aftermarket "BrakeBest" from O'reilly remanufactured Brake Caliper bracket; the first one stripped with no effort with the new Honda Bolts i bought... took it back and got another set under the waranty, installed it and i am good to go for now...
We used a ratchet when we did the brake change a couple years back, no impact tools for the brake change.
I just recalled about 6 months ago we installed Raxles on the fronts, maybe something wasnt tightened properly but we are both pretty meticulous about that.... Donno... i'm still pretty amazed.
Anyway got the aftermarket "BrakeBest" from O'reilly remanufactured Brake Caliper bracket; the first one stripped with no effort with the new Honda Bolts i bought... took it back and got another set under the waranty, installed it and i am good to go for now...
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Glad it was a fairly inexpensive fix and not a deal of damaged done, but sometimes we think we've covered all bases, then we find out that something was overlooked, especially if 2 are working on a project.
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Turbonut,
so true. its definitely possible there was error on our part, that would be the most likely explanation. '
although i would like to think that when my friend and i do the work together we are double checking eachothers work. Namely because he is more experienced he is double checking my work..
with this aftermarket remanufactured bracket though i was afraid to do it to spec (125lbs) because that stripped the first set. So i just cranked it hand tight and then a couple clicks beyond... I guess i'll need to check it in a couple weeks to make sure theres no problems.
so true. its definitely possible there was error on our part, that would be the most likely explanation. '
although i would like to think that when my friend and i do the work together we are double checking eachothers work. Namely because he is more experienced he is double checking my work..
with this aftermarket remanufactured bracket though i was afraid to do it to spec (125lbs) because that stripped the first set. So i just cranked it hand tight and then a couple clicks beyond... I guess i'll need to check it in a couple weeks to make sure theres no problems.
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