Stripped bolt in brake caliper?

[EnlightenedOne]

Has anybody had a stripped bolt in one of their brake calipers? My dealer noted that one of the brake caliper bolts is corroded and stripped on a recent inspection. Just wondering if that is something common and if the easy solution is replacement of the bolt or if the whole caliper might be bad.

[Delta Goose]

I just had this same exact problem. My rear left caliper would not stop bleeding during a brake flush, and I thought that I just had a bad nipple. Grabbed a brand new one from the store, put it on, but it still kept bleeding. I took the caliper off, inspected the threading, even had a couple mechanics take a look at it. I ended up having to buy a new caliper.

Hopefully you won't have to. My luck got even worse when I found out that the rear left caliper was backordered nationwide, and I would have to wait for one to come from Germany. Luckily a forum member had one to sell to me, which should be coming in this week!

[ShocknAwe]

That really sucks. What bolt was it? I've had a slider strip on me before, but those are easy replaced as long as it doesn't do any damage to the caliper itself.

[JimD]

Material? If the female threads are stripped, they can be fixed. You just drill out the threads, thread for an insert and then put the insert in (with permanent locktite).