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    M Performance brake install problem

    Hey guys... I am hoping somebody can chime in here and help me with a course of action.

    I am installing the M Performance Brake package on my F30. Everything was going great, until I snapped off one of the little M6 bolts that holds the rear dust shield and retaining ring to the hub behind the rotor. Tried drilling it, EX outing it and picking it... no dice, just making it worse. Keep in mind that the parking brake pad mechanism mounts to the retaining ring and is sprung. The hub is iron, probably forged, while the rest of it is all flimsy sheet metal.

    I have come up with a couple of solutions and want to know what the mechanics among you guys think:

    1. Ditch the backing plate and attach the retaining ring with the 3 other screws. Will his be enough to hold the parking brake pads in place?

    2. Remove the hub, drill out and retap the hole for a larger screw. Obviously a PITA.

    3. Try and find a larger, self tapping screw to hold the sheet metal retaining ring/dust shield to the bearing carrier.

    4. Somebody said I could tack wield the sheet metal to the hub, but I am not real sure how you could do that.

    Open to any and all options...

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    I would think about drilling and tapping it up to the next size
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