Make sure you put anti-seize on the allen head long bolts/shafts that hold the pad in place. I snapped one of them a year ago. The broken piece was stuck in the hole and I had to go thru the hassle of drilling it out and replacing it with something else. Last night I snapped another 2......

Just make sure you put anti-seize on them, or swap them out with some bolts with a slightly smaller diameter (so it slides thru the hole) with a locking nut on the other side.

 

Hmmm, how many miles you have on them? I have not had any problems at all, and have not put any anti seize on them.

 

I've never heard of this problem.

 

That's really weird cuz I swap pads for my car almost as often as a woman. So rust should not have developed so quickly. Last time I pulled them out was EXPO so it was only several months back. No problem at all at that time.

Last night when I tried to swap pads and bed them in, both bolts on the passenger side seized and snapped. It didn't take much force to twist them off.

I've had the calipers for almost 3 years. Maybe the steel starts to deteriorate?

 

Back to life from page 4.

 

do you drive your car during winter on roads that use salt? that could lead to a corrosion problem that florida people are not seeing.

 

Maybe they can't stand up to the rigors of track time.

 

yea its his daily driver, beats it thru the snow

 

The car does see winter time once a while. But when I was at the EXPO, which was only 3 months ago, everything was fine and those long bolts went in and out no problem when I changed pads. Then 2 nights ago when I took the wheel off, I saw some slight rust and had some resistence when I tried to loosen them. Nothing too abnormal. But then when I twisted it a lil harder, "Fvck!" they broke off.

Just for a peace of mind, put some anti-seize on it. It doesn't cost much anyway.


[Modified by Wai, 3:06 PM 9/20/2002]

 

The only thing that won't stand up to the rigors of the track is the anti-seize. That stuff has the tendancy to smoke, burn and even catch fire if you heat it up enough on the track. I have had the Spoon calipers for 3 years and have never used anti-seize compound and have had no problems.

 

What kind of anti-seize did that?

 

im wondering too?? i have never heard of that or have encountered that in my life. i used anti-seize on my cat and exhaust bolts. they get pretty hot i think and even hotter during events....

 

Jus the good'ol copper looking stuff you basically paint on with that cheezy little brush. Okay, it's never actually caught fire but it will burn off and smoke like a bitch

 

I disagree. Anti-Seize is good for extreme temperatures. I use it on the studs for Catelytic Converters (sp). It works like a charm there, and I guarantee that the cat get's hotter than brakes do.

The problem that you could be experienceing, is electrolysis. Where the dissimilar metals, when put together, tend to oxidize more rapidly then they would alone.

Anit-Sieze should cure all though.