Re: disc brake question

From: Bernd D. Ratsch (bernd@dodgetrucks.org)
Date: Sun May 20 2007 - 17:53:57 EDT


I believe you can get them aftermarket now from the smaller "Stealing"
parts stores. You'll need a 9mm x 1.25 tap to clean up the threads in
the knuckle.

- Bernd

Eric Luce wrote:
>
> I don't need the slider pins. The bracket that they bolt ON TO is my
> problem. I guess we would refer to that as the steering "knuckle". Not
> quite so easy as just getting new pins. Thanks though.
>
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Zito, James A (GE Infra, Energy)"
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> Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2007 9:27 AM
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>> From Eric:
>>
>> Hey gang...got a question that I know has been answered here before,
>> but I
>> didn't give it much attention, because at the time it didn't apply to
>> me.
>> Here's my situation... I stripped out one of the front slider bolt
>> threads
>> from the steering knuckle, enough to not trust them.
>>
>>
>> If you are talking the sliding pins in the caliper bracket that the
>> caliper bolts to, why not buy new ones from the stealer? I got a
>> full set (all 4 and top and bottom are different), after I munged one
>> of them up, well actually my mom picked them up for me. They were
>> about $50 for all 4, so I'd guess maybe $10-12 for the one you need.
>>
>>
>> Jim
>> 03 CC Dak
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