911!!! Bolt that holds rear caliper on the bracket broke!!!

911!!! Bolt that holds rear caliper on the bracket broke!!!

08-20-2008, 04:43 AM

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JasonCzerak

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911!!! Bolt that holds rear caliper on the bracket broke!!!

Crap! just CRAP. I've broken more bolts with little effort then I can shake a stick at latly.

So the bracket that holds the caliper on in the rear, I broke that cheap a55 little bolt. drill out a nice hole, bolt extractor... guess what.. BROKE THAT TOO! I must be super man here or something.

So, does anyone know what a new bracket will cost? If it's the same or cheaper then 1 - 2 hours of machine work to get this bastard out... I can go to a 24 hour truck place to have them work on it. the guy tells me it's a 50/50 shot to save the threads.

What do you folks suggest?

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