rusty front caliper bolts
- Thread starter billyd1
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Breeze3at
Experienced Member
IMO stainless stays nice longer, BUT most stainless is not graded for strength.
Unless you can find purpose made ss rotor bolts, I'd go with chrome. Russell and Colony are good suppliers.
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Jack Klarich
Guest
If you go chrome, be sure to chase the threads for burs, and I would use loctite and a torque wrench
In other words stick with Blue loctite as Smitty said (you do want to be able to remove a fastener without having to heat parts); and after chasing or cleaning the threads as Jack said to prevent galling or crossthreading...
glimmerman
Active Member
working with stainless all day, i personally, would never use stainless anywhere heat is involved. stainless steel, austentic grades 304,308, 310, 316, tend to seize and gall causing tremendous problems. compounding this is an aluminum caliper prone to road debris corrossion and the need for a threadlocking compound-loctite. i NEVER use a stainless fastener without a good grade of bostick never-seez. note trade name. in my opinion stainless is best relegated to industrial uses for piping or machinery where corrosion resisantance is needed. please also remember-stainless is just that. a stain resistant steel. get a good grade 5 to 8 chrome plated fastener and use the loctite. sleep well knowing it will come out later.