What torque do i need to bolt the caliper to the strut?

 

 

Hilux caliper > XT130 Strut

 

also do i need washer for the bolts or spring washers?

 

J

basically as tight as you can.. don't go bouncing off a 3 metre breaker bar on it but atleast 100/130ftlb would do most caliper bracket bolts bolts.

 

id be using spring washers. most other manufacturers use them.

 

are you using factory bolts? if so did they come with washers?

100/130 ftlb!!! I'm pretty sure it would chew up the caliper thread at that

Jason: Tight. If you're paranoid about them coming undone, put a dab of locktight on them.

i believe the tension is referred to as FT

 

FT = f@$king tight :)

 

where i can i go as tight as i can with a half inch drive ratchet, and where i can't get with a ratchet i use a good 17mm spanner (break the cheap ones haha) and just go as tight as you can without being stupid.

100 foot pound is a bit too tight id imagine

100 nm would do id think, just remember how tight they were to get off, and try to emulate that :P

Corolla Manual states "Caliper assy to support bracket: 54Nm (40 ft/lbs)"

 

That's for standard, I can't see why that wouldn't suffice fo your application.

 

Oh, and I'd use spring washers.

 

R.

ok thanks guys :P

shit 54 ftlb sounds low. most of the guys at work use rattle guns to do up those bolts and ive never heard of a stretched/stripped thread yet.

 

id go atleast 80 myself..

shit 54 ftlb sounds low. most of the guys at work use rattle guns to do up those bolts and ive never heard of a stretched/stripped thread yet.

 

id go atleast 80 myself..

 

I am a mechanic and whenever brakes are done, always use loctite on the threads and yes as tight as u can with a spanner or 1/2" ratchet is enough, and always use spring washers.

You should buff or clean all the old loctite off the threads aswell b4 u apply the new loctite.

 

Bolts should screw all the way in with your fingers.

.... and if you're really paranoid like me, I lockwire them on the race cars....

LOL! i lockwire everything on my race car!

I lockwire everything that can't be secured with a ty-rap! :P

I lockwire everything that can't be secured with a ty-rap! :P

What car have u got mate?

whats lockwire?

KE25 3c PRC rally car, and the remains of a TE37 replica rally car.

 

Lockwire is steel wire that goes through a hole in the bolt head, and locks the bolt in the closed position.

 

I'll see if I can find a piccie.....

Edited December 13, 200619 yr by Redwarf