Re: Broken caliper bolt won't extract

He needs another spindle.
No problem here in Fresno, Calif. I can get you a good used one tomorrow morning. Pmail me with the
side you need.


"T.G. Lambach" <tlambach@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:pe2dnfmXmqJpAszeRVn-tQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> This is beyond hope unless you have a home machine shop. Start shopping
> the salvage yards for another caliper or just buy a rebuilt one.
>
> A repair shop would have potential liability if this caliper fails so
> they'd install a rebuilt caliper; they wouldn't waste their time on this
> kludge. And the customer would pay for it. End of story.


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