help / advise  needed  i replaced rear disc on 2010 softail standard got the wheel back on  new pads   everything together nicely and then stripped the thread on caliper mounting bracket  wtf !!! only tighted the bolt to ten pound of torque before l new it was rooted.  The caliper bracket is made of aluminium.  Do I need a new bracket?  Am disinclined to replace the thread because have never done this before.  Plus its my brakes!! .  Have had the brake pads replaced a few times before by different mechanics around Australia.  I think someone else fucked the thread.  Thats my excuse anyway.  Any advice would be appreciated.  Does anyone know of an after market bracket or spare part??

Thanks

FXST

Making a new thread on a bolt or bolt hole is easy, even a monkey (like me) can do it. Just get the right tap or die and wind in. Ask a few people around you, someone will know how and do it for you. Or ask any mechanic for a price. It should take them a couple of minutes.

Better yet buy a tap and die set (they come in imperial and metric so I'd get both).  They shouldn't be too expensive if you goto the right shop.  Just bash the shit out of an old bolt you don't need and remake the thread for practise.  I think I got mine at Bunnings, but I'm pretty sure their price has almost doubled, but shop around.  Maybe try Supercheap...or if you're flush geta  good set.

thanks for the advise bonkers but its not as easy as cutting a new thread i have tap and die setts its the calaper retaining bolt  which is a stepped bolt that goes through  the cailper and in to a bracket that hangs of the axel the thread in the bracket is rooted not the bolt  u cant change the bolt size so no use cutting a bigger hole in the bracker

Is this what you need. I would get a new one as safety is paramount on a bike. Why risk it?

http://www.harley-davidson.com/store/rear-caliper-bracket-pa-03-4204808--1

Or H-D original part 42895-08a. US $70.

Only fix it if you know 100% what to do through previous experience or you are in the industry of repairing things.

Dear Mr Motorhead

Thats the part that I need.  I have managed to obtain a new part.  $92 from a Brisbane dealer.  It was one of those little bolt holes which I stripped.  I guess I could have put a helicoil in however it is my back brakes and bit the bullet and bought a new part.  Now for the hard part, putting the heap of shit back together.  I look on the bright side and think at least its a six-pack job in the shed.

Thanks very much

fxst

Yes a helicoil would have given you a new thread to screw the pin into, but on a part like the caliper mount you would have to make sure that you drill and tap the thread for the helicoil at exactly 90 degrees so the pin is true.
Any deviation from 90 degrees and you would have binding/tight spot issues. A machine shop would have been able to helicoil it true, but at what cost? A new part was the wise choice like you have done.
Polish your old one up and use it for a paperweight! Good outcome.
P.S. do the job then rip into the six pack. Ha ha.

Cheers.  Hutch