Broken banjo bolt in a stoptech caliper?

TheWeis · 11-18-2002, 06:56 PM

Friend and I were working on his WRX, adding the Stoptech big brake kit, and I made the mistake of letting him do some of the work himself...he ignored the torque wrench and kept going, snapping off a banjo bolt in one of his nice new calipers. I tried to vise grip out the stub, but it is in there hard. Any ideas? Thanks.

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D_REX · 11-18-2002, 06:59 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by TheWeis
Friend and I were working on his WRX, adding the Stoptech big brake kit, and I made the mistake of letting him do some of the work himself...he ignored the torque wrench and kept going, snapping off a banjo bolt in one of his nice new calipers. I tried to vise grip out the stub, but it is in there hard. Any ideas? Thanks.

Get an easy out, youll need to drill a hole in it, and then the easy out will alloy you to extract it.

tdxflex · 11-18-2002, 07:27 PM

i've never used an easy-out but from what i hear they're kind of brittle. for speed bleeders it's recommended you drill a hole, then lightly hammer in an allen key in the middle and try to twist it out, if it strips, go up a size drill bit and allen key.

TheWeis · 11-19-2002, 11:39 PM

I'm nervous about putting a drill into this bolt as chips could easily fall into the caliper, causing some problem. I will look into this easy out thing.

D_REX · 11-20-2002, 12:21 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by TheWeis
I'm nervous about putting a drill into this bolt as chips could easily fall into the caliper, causing some problem. I will look into this easy out thing.

If you read my post above youll see that the Easy Out is really just a specialized version of the method tdxflex suggested. It requires you to drill a hole in the banjo bolt.

subysouth · 11-20-2002, 09:34 AM

banjo bolt Ive seen already has a hole through it. Did it break off low enough to get to the hole in the bolt? If so an easy out (or bolt extractor) is the way to go. It is agressively reverse threaded so it tightens into the bolt counterclockwise and tries to break the blot shaft loose. Of course, there shouldnt be much resistance to the bolt shaft coming back out anyway as I assume it was recently loose and not seized in place.

On a side note, invest in a torque wrench.

HTH

ss

elgorey · 11-20-2002, 11:37 AM

dont banjo bolts already have a hole in the middle?

or did it snap off above where the hole ends

11-18-2002, 06:56 PM	#1
TheWeis Scooby Newbie Member#: 17939 Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: NYC Vehicle: 2002 WRX Sedan Blue	Broken banjo bolt in a stoptech caliper? Friend and I were working on his WRX, adding the Stoptech big brake kit, and I made the mistake of letting him do some of the work himself...he ignored the torque wrench and kept going, snapping off a banjo bolt in one of his nice new calipers. I tried to vise grip out the stub, but it is in there hard. Any ideas? Thanks. * Registered users of the site do not see these ads.

11-20-2002, 09:34 AM	#6
subysouth Scooby Guru Member#: 5039 Join Date: Mar 2001 Chapter/Region: South East Location: Ocean Springs, MS Vehicle: 2007 Outback XT Grey 5-speed	every banjo bolt Ive seen already has a hole through it. Did it break off low enough to get to the hole in the bolt? If so an easy out (or bolt extractor) is the way to go. It is agressively reverse threaded so it tightens into the bolt counterclockwise and tries to break the blot shaft loose. Of course, there shouldnt be much resistance to the bolt shaft coming back out anyway as I assume it was recently loose and not seized in place. On a side note, invest in a torque wrench. HTH ss

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tdxflex Scooby Specialist Member#: 13634 Join Date: Dec 2001 Chapter/Region: NESIC Location: Boston Vehicle: 2002 WRX WRB	i've never used an easy-out but from what i hear they're kind of brittle. for speed bleeders it's recommended you drill a hole, then lightly hammer in an allen key in the middle and try to twist it out, if it strips, go up a size drill bit and allen key.

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TheWeis Scooby Newbie Member#: 17939 Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: NYC Vehicle: 2002 WRX Sedan Blue	I'm nervous about putting a drill into this bolt as chips could easily fall into the caliper, causing some problem. I will look into this easy out thing.

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