Fiasco with the truck brakes today. Grrrr.
Actually, !@#$%.... Did not have a good trip today. Drove down from Birch Bay near BC/Wa. border down to Oregon today towing our TT with an '09 F250. Drove down myself to watch some vintage car r...
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My experience (from years ago) is that there are brake shops that use impact tools to not only remove things, but to install them. Since OP had stripped threads on caliper, I would expect that the bolt missing had been installed with impact tool and overtightened. I never use impact tools to torque bolts, I might "snug" them up with air tools, but use torque wrench or ratchet to finish.
Regarding the noise and continuing on, one of my daughters had a car with rough rotors on back axle and it sounded terrible when you put the brakes on. It stopped fine, just was noisy. We ran it that way for a few weeks until we had time and parts to do a complete brake job with new rotors. All good.
Best wishes on getting everything fixed, enjoying the races and making it home safely.
Regarding the noise and continuing on, one of my daughters had a car with rough rotors on back axle and it sounded terrible when you put the brakes on. It stopped fine, just was noisy. We ran it that way for a few weeks until we had time and parts to do a complete brake job with new rotors. All good.
Best wishes on getting everything fixed, enjoying the races and making it home safely.
