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What the heck is this?
Posted: Fri May 24, 2013 8:38 pm
by NylonAdmiral
I just went to undo these caliper bolts and found that they were 5 sided! Not seen that before...
Anyone know where I can get a tool for undoing these things?
Re: What the heck is this?
Posted: Fri May 24, 2013 8:44 pm
by ScottieJ
5 sided Allen key head now that's interesting? F knows where you get one of those, that bolt looks pretty fucked too
Re: What the heck is this?
Posted: Fri May 24, 2013 8:50 pm
by NylonAdmiral
Yeah, that's what I'm thinking. They're on the new Samurai axles I picked up. I'm going to swap over my original calipers but had thought about using these to do a rear disc conversion. Unfortunately they require a bit of a rebuild but without some kind of magical 5 sided hex socket thing, I'm not sure I'm going to get very far!
So this isn't a common fitting then?
Re: What the heck is this?
Posted: Fri May 24, 2013 8:51 pm
by Jordi
I don't recognise that bolt as any part of any caliper i've worked on.
Whats it off?
Re: What the heck is this?
Posted: Fri May 24, 2013 8:58 pm
by ScottieJ
Get some mole grips on it and replace it with new bolts
Re: What the heck is this?
Posted: Fri May 24, 2013 9:26 pm
by Darrell
Re: What the heck is this?
Posted: Fri May 24, 2013 9:38 pm
by Darrell
Do they just hold the caliper together.
Can the pads be changed by undoing the other bolts.
Re: What the heck is this?
Posted: Fri May 24, 2013 10:13 pm
by Tramp
Either mole grips or hammer a screwdriver in (if its not tight you can undo it using a shifter on the screwdriver flats) or weld a bolt to it that you can get a socket on
Re: What the heck is this?
Posted: Fri May 24, 2013 11:02 pm
by donkeychomp
Local motor factors? Was in mine today and he had a row of sockets for allen bolts.
Re: What the heck is this?
Posted: Fri May 24, 2013 11:25 pm
by Darrell
Arrgh , but not pentagonal ones
