This is from rave manual for L322 standard caliper.

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Phew that's a relief!

holidaychicken wrote:

Haylands wrote:

Yeah, just imagine driving down the road at 20mph past a school with a front calliper bolt in a helicoil, it went in OK and tightened up, but, just as you had to jump on the brakes as that 3 year old ran into the road, the helicoil gave way, you didn't lose all the brakes but that caliper moved and jammed so you lost breaking on that wheel, the car swung to one side and the side of your front wing hit the three year old's head.... 2 1/2 tons of FF at 5mph is still a lot of force.... If it hadn't jammed you would have missed the child by inches... now they have impounded your FF and found the repair, your insurance have decided your not covered..... etc etc....

Now tell me £500 is expensive....

Sorry to be so graphic but I see it time and again on forums, people trying to save a few quid on brakes....

It just doesn't make sense no matter how you look at it...

Don't ever get on a plane if you don't trust helicoils as they are full of them as they are stronger than threading directly into aluminium

And they are done by professionals who know what they are doing, not someone who has to ask how to do it on a forum....  Pete

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Timbo wrote:

Phew that's a relief!

I've had these off a couple of times in recent weeks due to changing various ball joints and other bits and bobs. At 81lb ft they still seem to 'crack' nicely when removed. For most things I use a minimal amount of lube on reassembly but have always put these on dry...