...what do you do if you want to change the rotor? Top Bracket bolt comes out. Bottom spins in place. Ideas?
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Crossthreaded Bolt: Caliper Bracket -> Knuckle Assembly
Originally posted by FredKHowever, in your absence, I will likely sit in your seat buck naked while making racecar noises as if I were maxing your E30 out on the Mulsanne Straight while allowing the perforated vinyl to soak up my butt sweat (going 200 mph does that to you).
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You need to replace the carrier. Worth about $5 used.
Is that part #9 that is stripped? Are you sure it is not the bolt?
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i'm honestly not too sure. I can't remove the caliper off the knuckle because the bolt just spins.Originally posted by FredKHowever, in your absence, I will likely sit in your seat buck naked while making racecar noises as if I were maxing your E30 out on the Mulsanne Straight while allowing the perforated vinyl to soak up my butt sweat (going 200 mph does that to you).
My year in Germany
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Originally posted by psyber_0ptix View Posti'm honestly not too sure. I can't remove the caliper off the knuckle because the bolt just spins.1973 Bavaria
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it's the larger bolts that hold the carrier onto the knuckle. I failed to mention I have e36m3 fronts so the struts will stay. It just gets costly to replace the carrier, and knuckle assembly as the bearing will likely frag itself on removal. all I can say to this predicament is....damn.Originally posted by FredKHowever, in your absence, I will likely sit in your seat buck naked while making racecar noises as if I were maxing your E30 out on the Mulsanne Straight while allowing the perforated vinyl to soak up my butt sweat (going 200 mph does that to you).
My year in Germany
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Originally posted by psyber_0ptix View Postit's the larger bolts that hold the carrier onto the knuckle. I failed to mention I have e36m3 fronts so the struts will stay. It just gets costly to replace the carrier, and knuckle assembly as the bearing will likely frag itself on removal. all I can say to this predicament is....damn.
Good luck!1973 Bavaria
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thanks everyone for your input. I'll start saving up and not mess with it till i need to change rotors. It's not going anywhere right now and i'm not really driving the car much till i can get a new motor.Originally posted by FredKHowever, in your absence, I will likely sit in your seat buck naked while making racecar noises as if I were maxing your E30 out on the Mulsanne Straight while allowing the perforated vinyl to soak up my butt sweat (going 200 mph does that to you).
My year in Germany
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My suggestion is to use an impact, and while unthreading the bolt, use a pry bar or thick screwdriver between the carrier and strut ear. The threads will grab. All you need is to unscrew for a thread or two.
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thanks guys, no chance of being able to rethread for a larger bolt? I know it sounds retarted, but these caliper carriers aren't exactly cheap when trying to put together swap conversion parts together. I may end up having to find a new trans setup as opposed to using the getrag 240 for a probable s50Originally posted by FredKHowever, in your absence, I will likely sit in your seat buck naked while making racecar noises as if I were maxing your E30 out on the Mulsanne Straight while allowing the perforated vinyl to soak up my butt sweat (going 200 mph does that to you).
My year in Germany
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I cannot get my carrier off the knuckle...bolts won't even budge, thoughts?sigpicMy Project!
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Spray the bolts with PBlaster or Kroil. Let that penetrate for a a day or two and then use a 1/2" drive breaker bar. If that fails try a beefy impact wrench. If no joy there, break out the flame wrench and heat where the threads are.The car makes it possible, but the driver makes it happen.
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