What size are the caliper bolts on a LWB Vit

[justaddmud]

I recently bought from a scrapper some front calipers and carriers from a 91 (i think) lwb 16v Vit however i didnt get any bolts other than the small ones that hold the caliper to the carrier.

I thought they would be the same size and thread as the old one but boy was I wrong, spent an hour yesteday walking around a breakers undoing random carrier bolts on random cars to see waht would fit and nothing did.

Are these bolts Imperial or something and if so does anyone have a clue what the thread/size is as i could have finished off my front end yesterday if I had those 4 bolts

Thanks

Ian

[Darrell]

I've been through a shed load of diagrams and they all show M12 x 33 or 32mm (same as the SJ)
Can't think what you have, sorry

[Darrell]

Why can't I see a thread in those holes.. I'm confused

[justaddmud]

There is a thread there, promise.

they are pretty rot as they were left outside on the car (but with no bolts) maybe i just need to get a tap on them and clean them out, thought winging a correct bolt in slowly with a lot of WD would do the trick.

m12x32/33 that sounds like an odd size

[ScottieJ]

They should be metric, and with how suzuki standardise a lot of things so I would imagine the thread should be the same as the Sj caliper hangers.

[Darrell]

There is a thread there, promise.

they are pretty rot as they were left outside on the car (but with no bolts) maybe i just need to get a tap on them and clean them out, thought winging a correct bolt in slowly with a lot of WD would do the trick.

m12x32/33 that sounds like an odd size

All the diagrams listed either
M12 x 32mm long or
M12 x 33mm long

None gave the thread pitch which is normally fine on these bolts.
Hope that's a bit clearer

[justaddmud]

Right got ya, couldt place the 32/33 bit, but length makes a lot more sense :-)

i will clean the threads out a lot and just try some other spare bolts i picked up for now, then go back to the breaker and get some longer ones fron the Frontera i found there

Thanks

Ian

[justaddmud]

metric fine it is then

cleaned the threads even though they didnt look too bad, used an old bolt, would it right in

so what have we learn't today?

clean stuff, and it stops you looking like a muppet

[Darrell]

Muppet