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does anybody know if the a4 caliper shaft bolts are still available.
Mine are scruffy but could possibly be rechromed if new are not available.

no longer available

bugger. does anyone produce re'manufactured ones then in stainless or chrome.

found these but they are taking the piss if this is for one bolt

http://www.zed-parts.com/_p/prd1/426422 ... liper-bolt

ffs they can shove that price where the sun dont shine £35 for one bolt.

Are you sure they weren't black originally?

My old Thou A1 (same caliper)...

Agree with Gary, ones i have done have been black anodised type finish...

no I'm not sure, as they where/are badly painted black and have some surface rust.

Don't know what the coating/plating was originally on these bolts, but it was a sort of drab/olive green finish.
The stainless steel ones in the link above look like they're machined to accept O-rings, which is a bit strange as the carriers have O-rings fitted.
£35 is very steep for one bolt though, I'm sure you should be able to have some made yourself for less than that !

swampy wrote:no I'm not sure, as they where/are badly painted black and have some surface rust.

The bolts on my old A4 were a bit shitty so when I rebuit the caliper I just polished the heads on the buffer which come up not far off chrome...

mine are deffo not stainless steel. hence the surface rust.

the original bolts are black & not stainless steel

The caliper bolts are Olive Drab on both my z1000s.

ok. clean up and refinish it is then, thanks chaps.

I have restored a few A4 calipers and the original finish on these bolts was olive drab ( same as the original finish on your carb clamps)
There are plating companies that will do this finish for you but I asked the platers I use for zinc plating all my nuts and bolts and they said they could achieve a black finish by zinc plating then black passivation. This produced a very durable black finish virtually indistinguishable from the original and cheap as chips!
Worth a try.