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Originally Posted by t-rock
Son of a Bitch. While I was getting my tires changed tonight, a new problem with my bike was brought to my attention. When the guy before me had it, his torque wrench was superman. The bolts that hold the calipers were super-tightened and the threads were fucked up. He said the best he could do was 280 per caliper.
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On my old Suzuki, I have to take off my right caliper to take off the wheel. And I always used a torque wrench to tighten it down. Yet I still stripped one of the aluminum threads in the caliper mounting hole.
After an hour or so of cussin, I called AAA Metric in Denver:
http://www.aaametric.com/. They had the complete kit for installing a metric Heli Coil. By complete, I mean the right drill bit, the right tap, and a bunch of coils in a nice wooden box. That was about eight years ago, and the repair is probably stronger than the other threads.