broken caliper bracket bolt

Missionpoole · 07-09-2023, 08:00 PM

Anyone have any advice on how to tackle this? When reinstalling the caliper carrier/bracket bolt, I accidentally over-torqued it (was looking at the front caliper bracket torque spec by mistake).

Now the end of this bolt is stuck in the bracket/whatever the bracket is bolting to.

Any advice/thoughts appreciated. Leaving the car on stands tonight because I don’t want to work on fixing it while pissed off

Missionpoole · 07-09-2023, 08:01 PM

Pic of the bolt in question

335i54n · 07-09-2023, 10:02 PM

thats gonna be a pita, probably drill it out from other side since it be easier to center it and use a solid carbide bit and go slow

07-09-2023, 08:00 PM	#1
Missionpoole New Member 8 Rep 27 Posts Drives: 2008 BMW 335i e92 Join Date: May 2023 Location: 29680 iTrader: (0)	broken caliper bracket bolt Anyone have any advice on how to tackle this? When reinstalling the caliper carrier/bracket bolt, I accidentally over-torqued it (was looking at the front caliper bracket torque spec by mistake). Now the end of this bolt is stuck in the bracket/whatever the bracket is bolting to. Any advice/thoughts appreciated. Leaving the car on stands tonight because I don’t want to work on fixing it while pissed off
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335i54n Captain 354 Rep 610 Posts Drives: e90 335i, e39 m5 Join Date: Nov 2020 Location: socal iTrader: (0)	thats gonna be a pita, probably drill it out from other side since it be easier to center it and use a solid carbide bit and go slow
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