Calliper bolt.

peebee · Sep 21, 2023

Just goes to show that everything has a finite life.

TonyA · Sep 21, 2023

The other nice thing is you can find the bolts easily , and maybe replace all four ?

concours · Sep 21, 2023

peebee said:
Just goes to show that everything has a finite life.

That was junk when it was put there in the beginning.

City Garage · Sep 21, 2023

peebee said:
Just goes to show that everything has a finite life.

Cracked socket heads are nothing new. Over torque will do this which is why companies like BMW use Torx

concours · Sep 22, 2023

Torx are used because they lend themselves to high speed assembly line work.
SHCS will accept more than enough torque to tear the threads out of steel.

The bolt pictured above is Chinese garbage.

74ok · Sep 22, 2023

nice catch

Fast Eddie · Sep 23, 2023

A caliper bolt should have a plain shank or shoulder and not be threaded all the way like that.

Thats a generic fastener, it’s not a caliper bolt.

Change them for something better.

peebee · Sep 23, 2023

Fast Eddie said:
A caliper bolt should have a plain shank or shoulder and not be threaded all the way like that.

Thats a generic fastener, it’s not a caliper bolt.

Change them for something better.

Are you saying SG got it wrong, surely not.

Fast Eddie · Sep 23, 2023

peebee said:
Are you saying SG got it wrong, surely not.

In the scheme of things, I don’t think this even shows on the ’what Garner got wrong’ radar !

Gojuu · Sep 23, 2023

concours said:
That was junk when it was put there in the beginning.

Fast Eddie said:
A caliper bolt should have a plain shank or shoulder and not be threaded all the way like that.

Thats a generic fastener, it’s not a caliper bolt.

Change them for something better.

Good to see one of you actually understands the problem.