My calipers came with no paint and did not want to thread with fingers. I actually disconnected the hard line fully from the truck to ensure it wasn't just the threads giving me shit.
I got it threaded a full rotation, it looked straight. I ran a tap through with no resistance, I then used a flare wrench to gently tighten it down. The first 2-3 rotations were gummed up feeling, and then it freed up. I did the last turns all my finger.
BOTH calipers did this to me. As well as the caliper mounting threads themselves. I ran a tap through the flange and a dye over the bolts. I was showing 70-80 ft lb's of resistance for like 1/3 of the threads on the bolt? I thought wtf and repeated the thread cleaning. That was the biggest hurdle of my swap.
Otherwise, it's not rocket surgery. Bled my brakes with one pedal compression versus pumping them up and 2 cycles got me a nice pedal feel. It felt a touch soft initially, second time through I got a few bubbles at the drivers front. Good to go now, nice pedal feel and great stopping power.
I used a kit that I got for $94 with zinc slotted/drilled rotors and ceramic pads from Powerstop. Was on a special buy kinda thing, but the rotors look like excellent quality. Chamfered holes, clean castings, quiet operation and won't rust with the zinc coating. :nod:
