Caliper Slide Bolts

[INNAWE]

Just wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction where to find replacement caliper botls.
I was in the proccess of replacing my pads last night and one of the slide blots hex head decided to depart from its body . The prick is rusted in. I have to go and gets some Loctie Freeze & release before I attempt the others.
Any help is much appreciated.

Cheers

[danja]

Have you tried Holden/Repco/Supercheap/Autobarn etc?

[faroogoo]

Last time i bought some from motor traders,i think it cost me around $14 for 2 pairs for VT front calipers,that was trade price but retail shouldnt be too much more.

[Not_An_Abba_Fan]

Everyone always has trouble with these bolts. I never undo them when replacing pads, I undo the mounting bolts and take the whole caliper off.

[danja]

In theory you aren't supposed to reuse them, should always replace them when they are loosened. I did a number on one just recently:

Fortunately the rest came out of the guide pin fairly easy.

[INNAWE]

that looks very much like the result of mine lol.
I am hopping to extract the rest of the bolt from the pin.
I have tried everywhere for the slide bolt but due to the age of them I can not get anything from anywhere other then the wreckers.
Oh and I have a new best friend, it is cakked "Loctite Freeze & Release" lol

[marvinstokes]

Same thing happened to me last week. The front left caliper was seized and I took it off to free it up. One bolt was free but the other was locked solid. I snapped it trying to rotate it to free it up! I ended up drilling a hole in the caliper at the opposite end of the bolt that I was trying to remove and smashed it out with a parallel punch. I got a second hand caliper for $30 from the wreckers and reused the bolts from that. I was told by staff at Bursons that the bolts are available from PBR in East Bentleigh, Victoria but they are only sold in packs of ten!

[danja]

I'd get the 10-pack, enough for 2 full pad changes and probably cheaper that way.

[Escape-The-Fate]

Everyone always has trouble with these bolts. I never undo them when replacing pads, I undo the mounting bolts and take the whole caliper off.

as do i..replaced pads and discs in the VT this way and pads in my VZ and had no problems with bolts snapping.

[Not_An_Abba_Fan]

Exactly, there is no need to undo those bolts.