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Broken brake line retention screw

dwatja
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dwatja Member

dwatja

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I was replacing the pads and rotors on my '07 boxster, and when re-installing the screw that holds the brake lines (900.067.117.09 bolt -- US MSRP $0.21 each) I managed to shear off the head. Of course, the rest of the bolt is still in there.

It's this (green) bolt...

http://www.renntech.org/forums/topic/18219-brake-line-retention-screw-pn/

... so I guess I can feel better that I'm not the only idiot on the planet that has done this.

So my question is, now what. How do I get it out of there without damaging what I've already damaged?

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Same thing happened to me when doing my brakes, except it happened when taking it off.

what worked for me was to drill out the screw within the size of the hole (I think I used a 5mm bit) and remove any material with a very small needle nose plier and then

retap the hole with the same exact size tap.. I think it's 6x16 screw, so the tap is easily matched.

Cheers!

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