STI Brembo bleeder swap suggestions??? Front calipers.

[mrha]

Originally Posted by Figo

did you try to bring them to a local mechanical shop?

Local mechanic shops said hell no.

Machine shop at large scale company that designs and manufactures said you're gonna do more harm than good.

I don't want to drill and retap since I don't have a drill press. I think a good alternative would be to buy a new one and core exchange the old one. I've read the rebuilt calipers don't have loctite hence switching the bleeders is an easy go. However you would have gold caliper with no logo and be out a 150 bucks.

[OrbitalEllipses]

Originally Posted by d1ck

Have you tried an impactor of any type? Even one of those hand powered ones, or a 1/4" one might do the job. I've got lots of experience with seized bolts (I live on an island in the North Atlantic) and I find stuff breaks much less often when using an impactor.

Impact wrenches will do better than a long bar/wrench/socket combo for sure, but an impact hex driver in metric is both rare and expensive. If it's rounded out I doubt anything short of drilling and re-tapping the threads will work.

Originally Posted by Guff

Damn, Brembo really knows how to install a bolt...

Fixt.

[d1ck]

Originally Posted by OrbitalEllipses

Impact wrenches will do better than a long bar/wrench/socket combo for sure, but an impact hex driver in metric is both rare and expensive. If it's rounded out I doubt anything short of drilling and re-tapping the threads will work.



Fixt.

You don't really need the impact rated bits unless you're using the tools every day. I've found that torx will sometimes work in a damaged hex socket head bolt as well.

[OrbitalEllipses]

Originally Posted by d1ck

You don't really need the impact rated bits unless you're using the tools every day. I've found that torx will sometimes work in a damaged hex socket head bolt as well.

Could try getting something welded into the socket cap and torquing that, too. I'd say JB Weld, but I doubt it would hold up to the torque necessary.

[Figo]

i took them off!!

Thank you guys.

Originally Posted by OrbitalEllipses

Impact wrenches will do better than a long bar/wrench/socket combo for sure, but an impact hex driver in metric is both rare and expensive. If it's rounded out I doubt anything short of drilling and re-tapping the threads will work.



Fixt.

Originally Posted by mrha

Local mechanic shops said hell no.

Machine shop at large scale company that designs and manufactures said you're gonna do more harm than good.

I don't want to drill and retap since I don't have a drill press. I think a good alternative would be to buy a new one and core exchange the old one. I've read the rebuilt calipers don't have loctite hence switching the bleeders is an easy go. However you would have gold caliper with no logo and be out a 150 bucks.

[OrbitalEllipses]

Originally Posted by Figo

i took them off!!

Thank you guys.

What was your method, share with others so that we have the cumulative knowledge of all our members.

[Figo]

Originally Posted by OrbitalEllipses

What was your method, share with others so that we have the cumulative knowledge of all our members.

My method is to find a good mechanical shop, hah.

They heated the screw well and extracted the stripped screw out. Drop off the calipers in their store and pick them up at the next days. $50 labor fee, not bad.

I am going to bring them to powder coat this weekend.

[Figo]

Hi everyone,

I am thinking to order 4 of those new oem hex bolts. Anyone know the part number and where to order them? I just can not find them.

And do I need STI mounting bolts? Or I can use the botls from my FR-S?

[OrbitalEllipses]

Subaru does not have replacement bits for the caliper - only the assembled caliper. That was part of their distribution agreement from Brembo; that may have changed for the new generation but I doubt it.

Use STI mounting bolts. Search NASIOC for the thread pitch etc. and buy 'em at your hardware store or order a baggie from McMaster-Carr.

[utekineir]

Originally Posted by OrbitalEllipses

but an impact hex driver in metric is both rare and expensive.

No

http://t.harborfreight.com/8-piece-1...set-67895.html

[OrbitalEllipses]

Harbor Freight. 'nuff said.

[utekineir]

Originally Posted by OrbitalEllipses

Harbor Freight. 'nuff said.

Hf is hit or miss. Not adequate for professional use no doubt and there is plenty of garbage there. But there are plenty of random things like this that can be bought cheap there and will save a lot of time, frustration and money when used on occasion. And you can't find a better tool cabinet for $350.

Also the hand tools have lifetime warranty. I have this set. For about $20 after coupons, well worth having around for the handful of times a year it's necessary.


Shitting on harbor freight across the board is just plain ignorant.

[Figo]

Originally Posted by OrbitalEllipses

Subaru does not have replacement bits for the caliper - only the assembled caliper. That was part of their distribution agreement from Brembo; that may have changed for the new generation but I doubt it.

Use STI mounting bolts. Search NASIOC for the thread pitch etc. and buy 'em at your hardware store or order a baggie from McMaster-Carr.

So Can I use new bleeders to replace those hex screws?
Then I will have 4 bleeders on one calipers.

[OrbitalEllipses]

Originally Posted by Figo

So Can I use new bleeders to replace those hex screws?
Then I will have 4 bleeders on one calipers.

Yep. Speedbleeders would do the trick, just leave 'em closed, no harm no foul.