It's nice that you "have known how to work on bikes since before most current BMX companies were in existence," but that doesn't change the fact that you're going to be hard-pressed to find any explanation for how that bolt (which has minimal pressure on it under normal riding conditions) could possibly snap in half like that, aside from being over-tightened.

And your spring got warped. Big deal. You're going to go out and spend however much cash you plan on spending to get new brakes, instead of simply calling up or emailing Chris or Nuno at Odyssey to have them send you a (most likely) free replacement.

And, yeah, I'm sure my time will come. In the meantime, keep on rocking out to Slipknot and Pantera, hypocrite.