# Bolt fell out **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** chevrolet, blazer\ **Created:** [May 23, 2010, 11:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bolt-fell-out/49276 "2010-05-23T23:06:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nocarkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d26b3c/32.png) [@nocarkid](https://community.cartalk.com/u/nocarkid)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 11:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bolt-fell-out/49276/1 "2010-05-23T23:06:08Z")
A 4"LONG TAPERED BOLT W/ TREADS ONLY ON END W/ HEAD 11/16 FEEL OUT RIGHT SIDE OF BUDDYS BLAZER.WISH I COULD ATTACH A PIC. OR TWO. ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 11:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bolt-fell-out/49276/2 "2010-05-23T23:10:22Z")
Can you nanu dog face down the banana patch? Tester ---
**Author:** ![Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joseph_e_meehan/32/21_2.png) [@Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joseph_E_Meehan)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2010, 11:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bolt-fell-out/49276/3 "2010-05-23T23:21:40Z")
Do you have a question? Can you turn the cap locks off? ---
**Author:** ![Rod-Knox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Rod-Knox](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Rod-Knox)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 12:10am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bolt-fell-out/49276/4 "2010-05-24T00:10:03Z")
Are our schools graduating people so incapable of lucid communication? Or is this just adolescent internet shorthand? ---
**Author:** ![cigroller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c68b51/32.png) [@cigroller](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cigroller)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 12:12am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bolt-fell-out/49276/5 "2010-05-24T00:12:38Z")
How much time has anyone spent looking for an empty hole of about the right size? ---
**Author:** ![edb1961](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/edb1961/32/122_2.png) [@edb1961](https://community.cartalk.com/u/edb1961)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 12:30am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bolt-fell-out/49276/6 "2010-05-24T00:30:51Z")
Could we narrow it down a bit? Full size or S10? Auto or Manual? 2wd or 4wd? Front, back, middle of vehicle? Ed B. ---
**Author:** ![common-sense-answer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/common-sense-answer/32/716_2.png) [@common-sense-answer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/common-sense-answer)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 2:01am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bolt-fell-out/49276/7 "2010-05-24T02:01:08Z")
Gravity. Was Buddy On His Way Back From The Hardware Store ? Wish I could see “PIC. OR TWO” that you can’t attach. CSA ---
**Author:** ![pleasedodgevan2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ad7895/32.png) [@pleasedodgevan2](https://community.cartalk.com/u/pleasedodgevan2)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 4:51am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bolt-fell-out/49276/8 "2010-05-24T04:51:46Z")
Looks like a possible brake caliper bolt. The caliper slides on it and it holds the caliper on. It should have made some noise while hitting the wheel unless it came from a different car and was on the road. The Blazer may have run it over. If the Blazer was parked, the bolt could have fallen off. ---
**Author:** ![TwinTurbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@TwinTurbo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/TwinTurbo)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 2:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bolt-fell-out/49276/9 "2010-05-24T14:17:36Z")
I’ve never seen a caliper slider bolt that was tapered. Tapers usually aren’t used in movement applications. A very curious situation… ---
**Author:** ![ignoramus9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/d07c76/32.png) [@ignoramus9](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ignoramus9)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 5:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bolt-fell-out/49276/10 "2010-05-24T17:16:33Z")
Is there a nut involved in this bolt issue somewhere? ---
**Author:** ![Rod-Knox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Rod-Knox](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Rod-Knox)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 5:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bolt-fell-out/49276/11 "2010-05-24T17:25:30Z")
Possibly a spring shackle bolt… ---
**Author:** ![researcher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/edb3f5/32.png) [@researcher](https://community.cartalk.com/u/researcher)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2010, 9:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bolt-fell-out/49276/12 "2010-05-24T21:32:01Z")
Look at the left side brake mount. Then, look at the right side. See if there is something missing on the right that is still in place on the left. Especially, see if you can see the bolt head of the tapered bolt. IIRC your year of Blazer had caliper slide pins like you describe.