After changing my discs and pads on my 04 sti this weekend. on the last corner n/s/r i had the dreaded caliper bolt snap on me. wheres the best place to get new bolts, am i looking at main stealer or is there anywhere else i can get them?? also does anyone know the size / thread they are m10 etc.

 

You can get them from aywhere , they are just an M10mm bolt with a 1.5mm pitch , if you struggle locally give me a bell and i'll pop one in the post for you
Cheers Ian

 

Nice one for that ian, ill let you know tommorrow. ive got a lad thats gonna take the rest of the bolt out, see what the score is with it. Just a pain in the behind tbh. simple job is now taking a couple of days

 

If he cannot do it , I can machine it out and helicoil it for you , we charge £30 to do this
Cheers Ian

 

I had this 4 seperate times with my calipers so think ur lucky to only have it once!

Iv had them helicoiled and got replacement bokts from a local fasters shop. Just make sure there the correct grade! I also used copper slip when refitting them!

 

Not had a bolt snap yet but I've had the thread strip on the last two sets of brembos I've had, The first set needed 3 helicoiled and the last set only the one and that was on the last bolt as well.

I got the replacement bolt from import car parts as the nearest dealer was a 50 mile round trip

http://www.importcarparts.co.uk/part...en=&searchKey=

 

Thanks for the offer ian. Luckily the bolt had snapped where the caliper met the hub so once the 2nd bolt was out the caliper was able to be removed. the rest came out pretty easy so still had the original thread to put a new bolt straight in

 

I got mine from ASPerformance. Great service and a good price.