Destroying my brand new caliper (Page 2/6)
Doggo AUG 20, 02:01 PM
UPDATE: the banjo bolt DOES NOT thread in by hand. It gets about halfway in then becomes impossible to snug any further with my fingers
Doggo AUG 20, 02:03 PM

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Originally posted by cartercarbaficionado:


ijust let me know which side you need



The problem caliper is the rear passenger
Vintage-Nut AUG 20, 02:51 PM

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Doggo:
the banjo bolt / gets about halfway in then becomes impossible to snug any further with my fingers.



SO, did you measure as I suggested above?
Doggo AUG 20, 03:14 PM

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Originally posted by Vintage-Nut:


SO, did you measure as I suggested above?




I measured them and the first measure was longer. I am currently attempting to locate thicker washers
ArthurPeale AUG 20, 04:34 PM

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Originally posted by Doggo:

UPDATE: the banjo bolt DOES NOT thread in by hand. It gets about halfway in then becomes impossible to snug any further with my fingers



were you doing that with the hose in place? That would explain bottoming out so quickly if you weren't
Vintage-Nut AUG 20, 04:35 PM
And what is the difference? {between the two measures}

If the difference is very small; yes - thicker washers

But if the difference is too large; I worry that The Fiero Store caliper has a manufacture error:

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perhaps the caliper banjo bolt threads are not deep enough......
Doggo AUG 20, 04:43 PM

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Originally posted by ArthurPeale:


were you doing that with the hose in place?



Haha, yeah oops I feel a little embarrassed now. When I wrote that I had just quickly ran out to my garage and tried to thread the bolt in without even thinking about the hose. When Vintage gave me a little experiment to do I went out and did it the correct way.
Doggo AUG 20, 04:51 PM

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Originally posted by Vintage-Nut:

And what is the difference? {between the two measures}

If the difference is very small; yes - thicker washers

But if the difference is too large; I worry that The Fiero Store caliper has a manufacture error:



Yeah the difference is minute, fractions of fractions of an inch.
Vintage-Nut AUG 20, 04:57 PM

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Doggo:
When Vintage gave me a little experiment to do I went out and did it the correct way.....



Can you please post both measurements in decimals?

[This message has been edited by Vintage-Nut (edited 08-20-2024).]

cartercarbaficionado AUG 20, 05:00 PM

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Originally posted by Doggo:


The problem caliper is the rear passenger


perfect. if you really need a spare I have one sitting on the bench. You'll have to order a rebuild kit off rock auto if you can't make your current one work (just stack crush washers. 2 on bottom one on top and see what happens i guess. it certainly couldn't hurt) and then we will pm about shipping and such and I'll teach you how to rebuild one of these