Stripped brake bolts

arigold

Morning,

I've managed to tighten the bolts on my brake caliper and the bolts are now stripped

Any idea how I can get them off? Guessing spraying WD40 all over the caliper isn't a good idea?

Regards,

nicklouse

if you have stripped the threads then the bolts should pull out.

do you mean you have rounded the heads of the bolts?

what type of bolt head? Allen or Torx or......?

The Rookie

If you've rounded out the head, hacksaw a screwdriver slot in the top.....

Simon

arigold

did I say stripped? I mean rounded the bolt head

arigold

nicklouse wrote:

if you have stripped the threads then the bolts should pull out.

do you mean you have rounded the heads of the bolts?

what type of bolt head? Allen or Torx or......?

It was a allen bolt, now rounded

delcol

saw a groove in it and use a screw diver.

or you may beable to hammer a torx head allen key into it and remove it that way..

1mancity2

delcol wrote:

saw a groove in it and use a screw diver.

or you may beable to hammer a torx head allen key into it and remove it that way..

As Delcol and simon have mentioned, hammering a slightly bigger torx socket usually does the trick.

arigold

1mancity2 wrote:

delcol wrote:

saw a groove in it and use a screw diver.

or you may beable to hammer a torx head allen key into it and remove it that way..

As Delcol and simon have mentioned, hammering a slightly bigger torx socket usually does the trick.

Thank you. I shall give that a go through.

Sorry to drag the post on, but where can I get replacement bolts? These are from a elixir 3 brakes and its the caliper bolt which goes through the brake pads.

delcol

is it the pad retention bolt you refare to the one that secures the pads in.. ?

you get them with certain pads but not all, a quick google search shows avid official pads are suplied with them.
see here
http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic ... ntion-bolt
and these say pin included
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Mode ... elID=47530
i have some clarks pads for my elixir r and they did not come with the retainer bolt, so do your home work before you buy