HELP!!! Brake Replacement

[kdizzle2468]

So Im going to change my front break pads this afternoon by following the DIY that i found on the website but I just had one really quick thing that I was wondering about. When I looked around, I saw a lot of people talking about Torque specs for the brake caliper bolts. I found out that its supposed to be 79ft/lb for caliper bridge to the hub and 25 ft/lb for the caliper to the caliper bridge, but I was just wondering how you actually go about tightening them to a specific torque number. I just though that you tightened the bolts back on to the caliper until you couldnt tighten them anymore? Please Help

[ocdcivic]

Originally Posted by kdizzle2468

So Im going to change my front break pads this afternoon by following the DIY that i found on the website but I just had one really quick thing that I was wondering about. When I looked around, I saw a lot of people talking about Torque specs for the brake caliper bolts. I found out that its supposed to be 79ft/lb for caliper bridge to the hub and 25 ft/lb for the caliper to the caliper bridge, but I was just wondering how you actually go about tightening them to a specific torque number. I just though that you tightened the bolts back on to the caliper until you couldnt tighten them anymore? Please Help

In order to achieve proper torque specs you need a torque wrench. It allows you to set the amount of torque required and once it reaches that amount it won't tighten past that amount.

[ocdcivic]

In addition to my comment above NOT ALL wrenches will stop. Some have a meter that fluctuates with the amount of pressure you apply. Once you hit desired amount you stop tightening.

Also be weary of the variance. Usually the cheaper ones will have a higher variance in acutaly results. What I mean by this is that if you set it to 75flbs it may only go to 68. This will be a tool you have for the rest of your life though, invest in a good one if you can.

[DavisLasVegas]

a torque wrench would be helpful if you don't do this type of work daily. don't over tighten anything, the bolts can break and then you're in for some trouble. you need to drill out the broken bolt and if you're lucky halfway through drilling and an extractor might work but it usually doesn't. just go get a craftsman 3/8" drive digitorque wrench at sears they're less than 90 bucks. or you can try to tighten it by feel but you have to have a good idea of what is tight enough and too tight

[BostonDuce]

If you want a cheap torque wrench that will get you in the ball park, buy a "beam type".

Uses a pointer that points to the force rating- will survive all types of drops and bangs, where the electronic and click-stop ones will need to be re-calibrated if you drop them.

Plus or minus 10% should be fine for what you need it for, If you were tightening the fuse on a BGM-109 then you need a more accurate tool.

BD

[racekar]

go buy a torque wrench a cheap one will do at autozone or kragen or one of those type stores.

you dont need to remove the big caliper bolt that is 79 pounds to change break just the bottom caliper small bolt that is less torque.

takes 15 mintues to swap out pads just one small bolt on the caliper and it slides up.

[wrecked]

you don't have to torque it.. just tighten the two caliper bracket bolts pretty good and snug the caliper bolt. Tip - only take out the lower caliper bolt then swing the caliper up and slide it off the pin. Then take off the caliper bracket.. total of 3 bolts (zomg)

nm if you not changing or cutting the rotors then no need to take off the caliper bracket.

[kdizzle2468]

Thanks guys! Yall really helped me out!