quote Originally posted by rpro: Well, the good news is the car drew a significant award at the 30th this past weekend. However, the 2200 mile round trip was not entirely without incident. While driving along at around 55 mph I heard a "thunk" as though I'd run over something. I looked in my rear view mirror and saw something like a small piece of round steel tubing go tumbling off into the weeds alongside the highway. About 30 seconds later a horrible grinding noise started up, forcing me to make a panic stop to see what damage was done. Turns out that the lower caliper bolt on the left front had backed out entirely. The wife and I walked back (in the rain) over a mile, scouring the area I believed to be where it went sailing off into the grass. We couldn't find it, so I had to get resourceful. There was a road crew working on power lines nearby, so I went and asked the foreman if he had a bucket of nuts and bolts. One of the trucks was pretty well equipped with fastners of various sizes, so I snatched up a handful and went back to the car to see If at least one of them would thread in enough to get me to someplace where I could work on it. Below is a picture my wife snapped while I was "cobbling" it back together.

That's sad to hear...

My "all original" 88GT had a dab of blue lock-tite when I took the calipers off. I'm not
sure if it came like that from the factory, but somebody did. Its a good idea to apply some
on. When I bought the car, it was stored since 1994 but I suspect the pads were replaced
at some point before that. (because they looked recent) Maybe the calipers were never taken
off because you can change the pads with taking the caliper off the knuckle.

Be sure to torque them to 74 ft/lbs on installation. Yes, this is critical...

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fierogt28

88 GT, Loaded, 5-speed.
88 GT, 5-speed. Beechwood interior, All original.

[This message has been edited by Gall757 (edited 03-21-2014).]