Caliper bolts - Saxperience

Smurfety · 20th January 2013, 19:35

Howdy all here for advice on my mrs saxo, it's my first post but ill be on here a lot as her car is giving me hell, story goes she passed her test 6 months ago buys the first car she liked the look of 1.1i saxo on a 2000 plate, nick named smurfety well it's mot time so first up new pads and disks an hours work! In the garage on the ramps I get it undoing the caliper on the ns and snap bolt goes few swear words later snap bolt no 2 I'm not a Citroen person always been a ford man currently drive st220 and an s1 rs turbo for show season I can work on them all day and night never a problem but this little tinker is givin me hell
Iv now removed 1 broken stud just got another to get out, does car spares or similar stock these if so rough price if pos

davo5784 · 20th January 2013, 20:30

Ebay do them they are called pinch bolts m8

Smurfety · 20th January 2013, 20:36

Pinch bolts are the bolts which hold the ball joint in place arnt they these bolts are m12.9 which go through the caliper to the rear of the hub to hold the caliper to the hub,
Cheers for reply though mate

swampy · 20th January 2013, 20:43

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Originally Posted by davo5784

Ebay do them they are called pinch bolts m8

If giving advice at least give the right advice!!!

You may find them in a parts place, though most garages have a local fastener supplies place that they use.

They are am m12 fine thread

yr51ocw · 21st January 2013, 20:14

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Originally Posted by swampy

If giving advice at least give the right advice!!

see above!

Smurfety · 20th January 2013, 21:03

Cheers pal

yr51ocw · 20th January 2013, 21:24

m12 x 1.5 thread pitch. I believe they are 40mm long.

swampy · 20th January 2013, 21:29

Don't think they are 12 x 1.5 that's standard pitch for m12 and would be very unusual to use that size in this sort of fitment

More likely a1.25 pitch

yr51ocw · 21st January 2013, 20:14

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Originally Posted by swampy

Don't think they are 12 x 1.5 that's standard pitch for m12 and would be very unusual to use that size in this sort of fitment

More likely a1.25 pitch

Standard pitch for M12 is 1.75. fine is 1.5 and super fine is 1.25.

davo5784 · 21st January 2013, 01:53

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Originally Posted by Smurfety

Pinch bolts are the bolts which hold the ball joint in place arnt they these bolts are m12.9 which go through the caliper to the rear of the hub to hold the caliper to the hub,

Cheers for reply though mate

I do apologise I thought u was on about the ball joint I have several calliper bolts m8 if you want them ????

Smurfety · 21st January 2013, 07:04

Davo if I was over your way today pal I'd say yes please working in shenstone back end of Sutton, so no chance of getting over gonna bite the bullet and buy some
If I struggle ill let you no cheers mate

willsy · 21st January 2013, 08:45

Taken directly from service box the caliper bolts for those using ventilated discs only is M12 1.5pitch 35mm length

As the car noted above is a 1.1 it'll be using non ventilated discs which use a longer bolt. It should be a 4stud 1.1 if its 2000 reg therefore will still be M12 1.5mm pitch but service box doesn't list the length due to being part of a fixings kit

If you want to buy new the part number is 444973 which is £3.17 listed as set fix caliper

Hope that helps

jeffchiz · 21st January 2013, 10:06

There are plenty of 1.1 saxos in scrapyards, not overly likely they will snap I've never heard of one snapping

Smurfety · 21st January 2013, 16:04

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Originally Posted by jeffchiz

There are plenty of 1.1 saxos in scrapyards, not overly likely they will snap I've never heard of one snapping

So 2 in the same caliper is rare then

Smurfety · 21st January 2013, 19:26

Result all sorted now lads thank you2 new bolts fitted and all from the scrappy for free
On to the next question then

Bedford126 · 21st January 2013, 19:47

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Originally Posted by Smurfety

Result all sorted now lads thank you2 new bolts fitted and all from the scrappy for free
On to the next question then

Why not just go to citroen most bolts from them can be ordered for next day they are o.e quality and are brand new. Also only cost around £1 for a caliper bolt. (just ask for trade prices)

Smurfety · 21st January 2013, 20:48

I would of bought new from the dealers iv spent all day on the phone to em seeing who has them, problem was they wouldn't get them in till Thursday if I ordered today and the mrs needs the car for school run and work tomorrow
The bolts are from the same yr car so are oem bolts anyway althought 13 yr old lol
The service kit I ordered arrived today as well so it's had a full service of oil air fuel filters some nice shell oil and some plugs she runs spot on,
All in all it ain't a bad little motor ill take back my greavance now towards it.
Next up is either bearings or drive shafts