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[Ian Kinder (Bagpuss) - Joint Peak District AO]

1 hour ago, Stuart Davis AO - Devon Cornwall & Somerset said:

Annoyingly I somehow managed to b*****r the thread on one of the bolts which holds the caliper on (and the bottom of the cycle wing bracket) so will need to source another.

 

 

Ouch. My cycle wings have their own bolts as do my callipers. I'm on Westfield Alloy uprights. I assume you're not. 

 

Some pics of the assembly would be good. Perhaps move to Tech. If you've goofed the thread on the bolt, what's the thread in the upright like? You may need to helicoil it to recover it properly.

[Stuart Davis AO - Devon Cornwall & Somerset]

23 minutes ago, Ian Kinder (Bagpuss) - Joint Peak District AO said:

 

Ouch. My cycle wings have their own bolts as do my callipers. I'm on Westfield Alloy uprights. I assume you're not. 

 

Some pics of the assembly would be good. Perhaps move to Tech. If you've goofed the thread on the bolt, what's the thread in the upright like? You may need to helicoil it to recover it properly.

Thanks Ian. Fortunately the thread in the upright is fine. I swapped the bolts over and the other one went in and tightened with no problems.

 

I’ll post up a picture when I’m home on Friday. Mine are Cortina uprights I believe, and the bolt should be an M12 32 as far as I can find. Westfield list them but not sure if it makes sense to source elsewhere.

[Robin Parker (Red Spider) - Yorkshire AO]

3 hours ago, Stuart Davis AO - Devon Cornwall & Somerset said:

 Mine are Cortina uprights I believe, and the bolt should be an M12 32 as far as I can find. Westfield list them but not sure if it makes sense to source elsewhere.

I might be wrong but, check that they aren't imperial threads. Ford may have gone metric later. 

[Stuart Davis AO - Devon Cornwall & Somerset]

2 hours ago, Robin Parker (Red Spider) - Yorkshire AO said:

I might be wrong but, check that they aren't imperial threads. Ford may have gone metric later. 

Many thanks, hadn’t thought of that! Will check