Replacement for pin plug on reat caliper

[slythern12]

I'd like to do something else besides the pin plug on the rear caliper. It tightens up over time and hard to get out with a screwdriver without damaging the head and I don't need it stuck in there. anyone ever replace it with a bolt so you could use a socket? I figure i'd have to cut one off to get one short enough. Thoughts?

[Hook#3287]

I'd like to do something else besides the pin plug on the rear caliper. It tightens up over time and hard to get out with a screwdriver without damaging the head and I don't need it stuck in there. anyone ever replace it with a bolt so you could use a socket? I figure i'd have to cut one off to get one short enough. Thoughts?

Ive not done it,but, if you take it to a Ace hardware store or like place, you probably could match it up with a Allen head plug.

[hubcapsc]

Next time you get one out, put anti-seize on it before you put it back in. No
problems after that.

-Mike

[Valker]

If you use a proper JIS screwdriver, the slot won’t booger up nearly as easy.

[Bighead]

Next time you get one out, put anti-seize on it before you put it back in. No
problems after that.

-Mike

This^^^^^
       

[sandy]

That plug is a 10mm X1.0 pitch. Very rare size. Just use NeverSieze when reinstalling.

[The emperor has no clothes]

I bought some stainless steel Allen head plugs a while back. I believe I have some extras. If you send me a pm with your address I can send you some. Might be a few days. I don't get back home till Friday.

[Gryphon Rider]

If my memory serves me, what some have done is by a stainless steel socket head screw of the appropriate diameter, cut threads into the outside of the screw head, and cut off the screw shaft.  I use anti-seize on the OEM plug.

I bought some stainless steel Allen head plugs a while back. I believe I have some extras. If you send me a pm with your address I can send you some. Might be a few days. I don't get back home till Friday.

I would suggest taking meathead up on his offer if you can't find them locally.

If you use a proper JIS screwdriver, the slot won’t booger up nearly as easy.

I wasn't under them impression that a JIS screwdriver makes a difference for flathead-drive screws.  Phillips-style yes, like for the brake fluid reservoir screws, but a the interface between a flathead screwdriver and screw isn't that exacting.    Just use the biggest blade that easily fits the slot.

[Valker]

If you use a proper JIS screwdriver, the slot won’t booger up nearly as easy.

I wasn't under them impression that a JIS screwdriver makes a difference for flathead-drive screws.  Phillips-style yes, like for the brake fluid reservoir screws, but a the interface between a flathead screwdriver and screw isn't that exacting.    Just use the biggest blade that easily fits the slot.

My hamfisted self can tell a big difference in the two. No slop at all with a JIS flathead.

[Dusty]

I used Anti-seize and snugged the locking screw instead of tightening it and when I took it out two years later it was so tight I had to use a heat gun on the caliper to get it to come free. Aluminum and steel and water is not a good combination.

 Dusty