Originally Posted by
kap 7
I just went and gave my bike a look over, however, it is nighttime and dark and my garage only has so much light. Anyway, most of the bolts look pretty good the problem seems to be with ... the bolts coming out of the sides of the brake calipers. They have a phillips head ... i assume they are used for adjustment of the spring inside there? You can tell I'm not a bike mechanic and I'm sure not gonna remove them to replace i'll probably end up doing more harm than good

I suspect those bolts are black surface coated to prevent rusting. If you try to scrape or sand that finish off, they'll rust pretty quickly.