Sodding Brake Shields!

[C.A.R.]

All I can hear down the road is my rear brake shields rattling.

This is partly my own fault.

When re-fitting the shields on following the replacement rear beam a couple of the securing bolts sheared off at the heads for these - they're only an M6 thread so tiny!

So I have one bolt securing the O/S shield and 2 bolts on the other (each side should have 3 bolts).

What's the best way to extract these broken bolts? Are the cheap 'Easy-out' extractors on eBay worth a punt? I have never tried using them. I'm worried that the bolts are so tiny they may not have any affect.

Answers on a postcard please.

*Until very recently one of these was held on with cable ties. It is very awkward to fix these on with any more cable ties. I tried.

[Eeyore]

I had exactly the same problem. First I replaced the bolts but the sheild disitegrated around them. THen I cable tied them but the cable ties snapped... So then I just removed them.

[C.A.R.]

Yea it seems that now they have been removed they're not wanting to go back on. Perhaps they rust themselves into a comfortable position and don't like to be disturbed?!

This happened to one of my other ones -



I refuse to pay £40 for some new ones!!

[miles]

Always take them off, More hassle than there worth

[Rippthrough]

What Miles said, in the bin!

[nick000]

I have the same on a 6 beam I have cleaning up atm. £40! think I will be binning mine as well.

Anyone report any probs without them??

[Toms306]

Anyone report any probs without them??

In my experience the rear caliper sliders seem to seize up every 6 months or so whether you have gaurds or not! Might just be my driving though, I don't tend to use brakes much, especially from speed, engine braking ftw.

[welshpug]

Stored under B.!


never had a seized caliper anyway!

[C.A.R.]

Right I'm gonna f*ck these in the bin next weekend then, cheers guys.