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Old 02-14-2016, 01:20 PM
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Front brake caliper: size of Allen screw pins?

I need to take the front brakes off. The caliper pins are an Allen screw,but they're too big. I don't have any keys that are big enough. What size are they?
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Re: Front brake caliper: size of Allen screw pins?

Should be a 10MM
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Re: Front brake caliper: size of Allen screw pins?

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Should be a 10MM
Ok thank you.
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Re: Front brake caliper: size of Allen screw pins?

They are not metric. They are Saginaw.

3/8"

Been that since those calipers came out in the 60s.
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Re: Front brake caliper: size of Allen screw pins?

Definitely 3/8
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Re: Front brake caliper: size of Allen screw pins?

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Definitely 3/8
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