Re: heli-coils in rear hub carrier

[jtrealty@xxxx]

On race cars and aircraft with aluminum parts it is very common to put 
thread inserts in at the time of manufacture. It allows a higher 
torque without risking pulling out the threads from the aluminum. Why 
it was done for the rear caliper anchor bolts I can only guess that 
since the Delorean is mostly a car of sourced parts that were already 
tooled up by manufacurers these parts were modified to suit this 
particular application. There are very few parts out of all the parts 
the car is made up of that were specifically made for the Delorean. Of 
course body panels and frame and trim are Delorean specific, but as 
far as electrical and mechanical parts go, the majority are found 
interchangeble with something else. Why they used English when they 
could have used a metric insert and bolt is weird.
David Teitelbaum
vin 10757



--- In dmcnews@xxxx, "Walter" <Whalt@xxxx> wrote:
> In the process of replacing my rear brakes (I finally made some time 
to work
> on it today, yeaaa!) I noticed that the bolt holes in the rear hub 
carrier
> that hold the brake calipers on had heli-coil inserts in them. My 
immediate
> thought was that some previous mechanic stripped the threads and did 
a