Can anyone tell me the size of this bolt?

The bolt that holds on the brake fluid hose to the knuckle snapped when trying to remove. For a lack of better judgement it’s being held on by two zip ties at the moment. Wasn’t able to get the stud of the bolt out of the hole. Hope I’ll be able to manage that.

anywho, hopefully someone here can give the the correct size of the bolt, i provided a picture for reference. Thanks

 

Zipties for the win....



or bailing wire.

 

Kinda wanna say its the same size as the skidplate bolts, but its been a while.

 

Is the bolt on the opposite side still intact? Pull that one and take it to your local hardware store n buy two of em.

 

Many of us (dare I say most) are just using zip ties. Finding another bolt is not the problem, rather drilling/extracting/re-tapping the spindle is a royal PITA, and not worthy of the effort since the zip ties work just fine. Pro tip - use black ones, they last longer.

 

Both of mine are mounted with stainless hose clamps

 

If the other side takes a 10mm wrench, it's probably M6x1.00. If it takes a 12mm/ 13mm wrench, it's likely M8x1.25. Just take the bolt off the other side like others said and take it to the hardware or parts store where they can hook you up with a similar bolt.

 

I would recommend checking the zipties every so often if you live in an environment where they can get brittle. This bolt is pretty integral as it keeps the hard lines fixed in place and still allows the soft line to move. If the hard line is no longer fixed and can move, it will eventually break off the flare at the caliper and cause brake failure. Seen this in person with @Casper421 and we had to fix it on the trail (true OGs will remember when this happened...)

 

10MM head is M6×1.0

12MM (Toyota OEM) is M8×1.25. The rest of the world uses 13MM head for M8.

I think? Shiiiiit I didn't sleep enough lol

 

You right, I didn't get enough sleep either and posted before having my coffee Edited my post.

 

I have it being held in with two black zip ties, and it sounds like I might have to leave it like that.

I can see the end of the bolt sticking out from the other side and was planning on trying to twist it out with a pair of grippy pliers. But it sounds like that might be hard to do?

 

It's really kicking my ass right now that I can't find the (midwesterner or Canadian?) on YouTube that jokes about how you can fix anything with bailing wire. I've reposted links to his videos joking about it on here a couple of times, but for the life of me I can't figure out who the hell it is, so I can't post a video of him joking about it.