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The other choice was to replace the hubs on both sides of the car, and all the relevent parts that would have to go with new hubs, at a cost of about $1700.00.

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POST 1 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

Ok, I have an updated report, As toolpants suggested in my original post, the solution to my cross-threaded, stripped caliper bolts was to put time-serts into the hubs. The other choice was to replace the hubs on both sides of the car, and all the relevent parts that would have to go with new hubs, at a cost of about $1700.00. The way to do the repair is linked to the last thread. I did stop by the shop, Gerber Motorsports in Seattle, right after they had put the inserts in. They had to drill out the old, stripped holes in the hub, thread the time -serts into the holes, and give the front a quick grind to make everything flush. Voila, new threaded holes, and the calipers went back on. I was rolling home that afternoon, and the repair was very resonable compared to the other choice. It's supposed to be 70 on Saturday here in Seattle, so if you see a guy driving a 01 black cabrio with the top down all day, that's me. I got the car late last year, and have yet to drive it on a nice warm day, Can't wait. Johnny Z

POST 2Original post

Beautiful! Easily as good as, if not better than what was there. The insert is steel and less likely to strip if you need to take the caliper off again. -Charles

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Good info on an affordable fix, thanks for sharing.

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As I said in the last thread Tool pants to the rescue again. He has helped me many a time on Renntech.

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For the future (i.e., those that got here using search) Here is the link to the original thread https://rennlist.com/forums/996-forum/422560-stripped-caliper-bolts.html Here is the link to ToolPants fix (time sert). This link also has DIY pictures: http://986forum.com/forums/showthrea...ight=time-sert Here is the Time-sert video on the fix: http://www.timesert.com/video/StandardRepair.wmv -td

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Im guess my heli-coil advise was of no use............

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