Caliper Stripped Thread - Advice please

Pinkythelabrat said:
I hope not! I’ve just ordered the Bergen kit!

One of my slide pins has been optimistically fixed in place entirely with Loctite. From the colour it’s only medium strength at that!
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Well its the way I do it but it makes me sweat with worry about getting it square!
Found a step drill helps to centre the tap and if possible. Also say you need to drill a 8.2mm hole (drill bit supplied in kit) i try it first with a 8mm standard drill but to give me a bit extra material to work with if I go a little wonky. Screwing in a helicoil is so so satisfying thou and when your fixing tightens up I am on cloud 9!
 
hdlo said:
He may not have understood that it's not a riveting nut per se. Riveting nuts are fastened from the front. A rivet nut is stuck in the hole solely because it was crushed/forced wide by the press tool. This caliper mount repair solution may look similar to a rivet nut - but is fastened from the back side. It has a lip and washer, which has to disintegrate for the bush to be allowed to pull through and out of the hole. It is a "heavy duty rustproof high-grade steel threaded bush" (or so we hope). You also use the strongest loctite you can find. And remember, the caliper is not pulling on these pins. It is by design meant to float on them. The braking force is applied 90 degress to the bolts.
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Sounds like what I know as a "Hank Bush"
Mac.
 
I suppose I could also drill out the end of the slide pin, put in a thread and put a nut and washer on from the front of the carrier if it doesn’t work out...


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