Clean & polish front caliper bolts
Thread Starter
|
Senior Member
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 117
Likes: 0
From: Las Vegas, Nevada
Clean & polish front caliper bolts
Clean and polish those ugly Caliper bolts the easy way.
Before:
"
After:
" 
" 
" 
"
It's true, those ugly, grey bolts that are in your front calipers can be poished to look exactly like Chrome. This project took me about 2 hours. I also polished my axle but that was considerably more work.
1. Only remove one bolt at a time, This will eliminate the worry of creating a brake fluid leak at the caliper.
2. Put the treaded end into a drill chuck. Not so tight or you might damage the threads! I had no problems with my threads but I imagine someone could get that chuck tight enough to cause damage to the bolt's threads.
"
3. Fold a microfiber cloth in half, four or five times, so that it is thicker.
"
4. Dip the head of the bolt on some Mother's metal polish.
"
5. Run the drill with the bolt in the chuck at a moderate speed, until it becomes shiney about 3 minutes. (Caution: IT WILL GET HOT)
"
6. Wipe off excess polish from bolt head and threads, with a clean rag.
"
7. Apply a drop or two of blue loctite to the bolt threads.
8. Reinstall bolt to the correct torque. "17" lbf-ft for the torx head screws, "13" lbf-ft for the pad pins.
Enjoy!
Before:
" After:
" " " " It's true, those ugly, grey bolts that are in your front calipers can be poished to look exactly like Chrome. This project took me about 2 hours. I also polished my axle but that was considerably more work.
1. Only remove one bolt at a time, This will eliminate the worry of creating a brake fluid leak at the caliper.
2. Put the treaded end into a drill chuck. Not so tight or you might damage the threads! I had no problems with my threads but I imagine someone could get that chuck tight enough to cause damage to the bolt's threads.
" 3. Fold a microfiber cloth in half, four or five times, so that it is thicker.
" 4. Dip the head of the bolt on some Mother's metal polish.
" 5. Run the drill with the bolt in the chuck at a moderate speed, until it becomes shiney about 3 minutes. (Caution: IT WILL GET HOT)
" 6. Wipe off excess polish from bolt head and threads, with a clean rag.
" 7. Apply a drop or two of blue loctite to the bolt threads.
8. Reinstall bolt to the correct torque. "17" lbf-ft for the torx head screws, "13" lbf-ft for the pad pins.
Enjoy!
Last edited by LasVegasHarley; Dec 20, 2012 at 12:19 AM.
Member
Joined: Jul 2012
Posts: 83
Likes: 0
Looks awesome!! Nice to see some detail work in to the bike. 
Although a great idea, you will have to do a lot of maintenance to keep them like that. I have a few parts on my Supra that I polished and it is a pita. I bought ARP SS and they always stay polished AND, they are overkill for tensile strength for the purpose in which you are using them for.
Although a great idea, you will have to do a lot of maintenance to keep them like that. I have a few parts on my Supra that I polished and it is a pita. I bought ARP SS and they always stay polished AND, they are overkill for tensile strength for the purpose in which you are using them for.
Thread Starter
|
Senior Member
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 117
Likes: 0
From: Las Vegas, Nevada
Cool, I am glad you are going to use this method. Post a picture or two in here when you are done. I cant wait to hear your reaction to the difference after.
Thread Starter
|
Senior Member
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 117
Likes: 0
From: Las Vegas, Nevada
