Originally Posted by gbaker

Alright here's the update and the final problem that I'm not sure if I adequately overcame. Bought new brackets, new rubber hardware, and new pins.

When I was previously taking everything apart, I found it odd, but didn't think much of it, that one pin loosened, but didn't zip out of the caliper. I ended up having to pry it gently with a screwdriver as I backed it out with the impact. I also noticed what I perceived at the time as really small and spread out "springs" came out at the same time. I thought maybe there were springs embedded in the rubber bracket hardware that were so trashed they just came out of the rubber.

Putting it back together, the caliper pin bolt threads into the caliper, but after a snug tightness then loosens. I can repeatedly tighten it, but once I tighten it to a certain point it loosens. I wonder if the "springs" that came out were some of the threads in the caliper? I'm not in a position to replace the caliper myself, I'm working on my stone driveway in the middle of winter and I also don't know how to bleed brakes or make new brakelines if needed.

My temporary (?) solution was to go buy orange Loctite (strength of red, doesn't vibrate loose, but can eventually break loose with standard tools like blue). I put orange loctite on the thread of the one pin and tightened it to the tightest possible point before it would break loose. I'm letting it fully cure for 24 hours before I break the brakes in. If I'm estimating based on the torque wrench on the other pins, I'm going to say it's 30-40lb of torque + orange loctite.

This is not my daily driver, I use it to plow my driveway and drive to work on ~5 of the snowiest days of the school year. Am I OK monitoring this "fix" or do I need to immediately have the caliper replaced? the other pin bolt is torqued to spec. The pin with loctite doesn't pull out easily even when it's broke loose, I had to pry it with a screwdriver.

Thoughts?