Torque Settings

Clarkie · Post by **Clarkie** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 10:18 pm

Just fitted my Pagids for this weekend. Anyone know the torque settings for the top bolt on the rear calipers? Wheel nuts as well?

Cheers

Clarkie

r055 · Post by **r055** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 10:45 pm

From s2 manual...
wheel bolt - 105Nm

not sure about the rear calipers... may be this?
upper m10 bolt - 45-50Nm
Lower m8 caphead - 26-30Nm

HTH

Rich H · Post by **Rich H** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 10:48 pm

Wheel nuts = tight
Others = medium

HTH
Rich

r055 · Post by **r055** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 10:52 pm

RICHARDHUMBLE wrote:Wheel nuts = tight
Others = medium

HTH
Rich

is that RAF spec Rich?

Rich H · Post by **Rich H** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 10:59 pm

No I had staff for that, if I needed a bolt doing up I got a man to do it for me who (allegedly) knew what he was doing

Very rarely saw a torque wrench unless something had fallen off that week

Post by **simon** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 11:06 pm

DO NOT do up the S2 wheel bolts any more than 105Nm or you won't get them off again!

As for the caliper, tight will do

Clarkie · Post by **Clarkie** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 11:07 pm

r055 wrote:From s2 manual...
wheel bolt - 105Nm

not sure about the rear calipers... may be this?
upper m10 bolt - 45-50Nm
Lower m8 caphead - 26-30Nm

HTH

That's the very settings, Cheers

Clarkie · Post by **Clarkie** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 11:09 pm

Definition of tight guys, is that slightly red or popped blood vessel tight

Post by **simon** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 11:10 pm

slightly red will do

Rich H · Post by **Rich H** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 11:13 pm

3 white knuckles and 2 beads of sweat.

Basically don't use WMD on it and just pull it tight. Hard to describe but it should not feel like anything is flexing or about to break! Don't use big ratchets etc where a small one will suffice.

There is quite a range between undoes-itself-cos-it's-too-loose and breaks-something-cos-it's-too-tight. Anything in between is basically ok.

Post by **Shug** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 8:42 pm

RICHARDHUMBLE wrote:3 white knuckles and 2 beads of sweat.

Basically don't use WMD on it and just pull it tight. Hard to describe but it should not feel like anything is flexing or about to break! Don't use big ratchets etc where a small one will suffice.

There is quite a range between undoes-itself-cos-it's-too-loose and breaks-something-cos-it's-too-tight. Anything in between is basically ok.

fcuk me, it's a true wonder that you didn't get a high flying engineering job in civvie street, isn't it?

Rich H · Post by **Rich H** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 9:34 pm

They just don't want me to make them all look bad

That or they read SE2

The Victorians didn't have fancy torque wrenches

Rich
/Professional phone bitch

woody · Post by **woody** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 10:04 pm

I'm with rich here. Torque wrenches mean you need to read the manual to check the torque in the first place - too much like work.