Was replacing the front pads and rotors last night and on the passenger side one of the caliper bolts was striped out.

I am able to slide the caliper bolt in and out - threads do not catch!

What I would like to know and what I am afraid of is that I need to replace the steering knuckle. Yes?

If so where do I find one of these? I'm a johnny weekender - I have swapped out a water pump and do my own brakes. Is this something I could tackle myself? The caliper is ok as far as I can tell - should I replace that? What about other items to replace while I have it off? Also - would I need to have it realigned again after all of this work? Any special tools I would need?

11/25/2008 8:25:27 AM

Go to a you pull it yard and grab a knuckle from a tj xj zj etc... hell i think even a yj will work

11/25/2008 8:33:52 AM

Can anyone recommend a place to do this?

11/25/2008 9:45:25 AM

you could helicoil it, or like was mentioned earlier, just replace the entire knuckle. no need to replace the caliper. you could go to lkq and get the knuckle also.


[Edited on November 25, 2008 at 10:58 AM. Reason : .]

11/25/2008 10:32:06 AM

uhh matt you just said, "just replace the entire knuckle. no need to replace the entire knuckle"

[Edited on November 25, 2008 at 10:37 AM. Reason : k]

11/25/2008 10:36:55 AM

fixed!

11/25/2008 10:58:20 AM

matt dont know shit

like talking to a spare tire

11/25/2008 11:43:24 AM

^ you just come to raleigh and we'll see what's up



[Edited on November 25, 2008 at 11:46 AM. Reason : .]

11/25/2008 11:45:46 AM

giggity


ima beat adam's ass for making that

11/25/2008 11:46:13 AM

helicoil would be cheaper ehh?

11/25/2008 12:00:43 PM

yeah it'd probably be cheaper, i'd trust a new knuckle more, but either should work

11/25/2008 12:06:45 PM

helicoil would work just fine

especially since those bolts only have ~13 lb.ft. of torque on them

11/25/2008 12:22:12 PM

So where do I get a kit - AutoZone?

[Edited on November 25, 2008 at 12:42 PM. Reason : a]

11/25/2008 12:42:39 PM

advance will have the helicoil kit. on the tool aisle.

11/25/2008 12:52:15 PM

Quote :

"on the tool Jeepman aisle."

ZING!!

11/25/2008 10:27:44 PM