Brake upgrade

[vRS_Pagey]

To save me jacking up the car and removing a wheel, can anyone confirm the type of bolt holding the carrier to the hub?  Is it a large torx bit or a standard nut?

[dodds-gttdi]

M12 spline I was once told. Can't, for the life of me, totally remember. Hopefully somebody will be along to confirm/correct.

[rich83]

To save me jacking up the car and removing a wheel, can anyone confirm the type of bolt holding the carrier to the hub?  Is it a large torx bit or a standard nut?

Its just a bolt mate. 18mm i think!

[the bruce]

Another option is to sell the 288mm set to someone who need the lightest brake set for their 1/4 mile car (like I did) or if someone's caliper needs replacing due to fatigue.

 


@ all:

If you are in doubt which strut diameter you have watch the caliper:

- if there's a ''FSIII'' on the caliper face > 50 mm

- if there's a ''Ate'' logo on the front edge > 55 mm

[vRS_Pagey]

To save me jacking up the car and removing a wheel, can anyone confirm the type of bolt holding the carrier to the hub?  Is it a large torx bit or a standard nut?

Its just a bolt mate. 18mm i think!

Yup, definitely a bolt, just turned the wheel and took a couple of pictures, cheers, mate. 

[the bruce]

If you loosen (and tighten) the caliper carrier jack the car VERY safely up !!!

From what I remember the required torque is 180 Nm, even more than the wheel bolts !!

Hold the (torque) wrench horizontally and put force vertically only (strictly recommended
in VW's ELSA repair guide).

[vRS_Pagey]

If you loosen (and tighten) the caliper carrier jack the car VERY safely up !!!

From what I remember the required torque is 180 Nm, even more than the wheel bolts !!

Hold the (torque) wrench horizontally and put force vertically only (strictly recommended
in VW's ELSA repair guide).

Good advice mate, I can imagine the consequence's of tightening a bolt with that type of force with the car not secure on axle stands........

Is it definitely 180nm, that's over 130lb/ft? 

[the bruce]

Is it definitely 180nm, that's over 130lb/ft? 

Yes, I'm pretty shure as I did this a few weeks ago when I changed my discs.

 

[Andy]

The fronts are easy to change over but the rears are a bit awkward to get into the spline bolt

[vRS_Pagey]

The fronts are easy to change over but the rears are a bit awkward to get into the spline bolt

I will leave the rears to my mechanic, but I will be changing the fronts myself if I can get a suitable torque wrench from work.

[Andy]

f/t tight is normally good

[vRS_Pagey]

f/t tight is normally good

They ain't Scania wheel nuts.......

[the bruce]

I wouldn't take any risk on brakes. 

Too tight - thread of caliper carrier damaged.
Too loose - I don't really want to think about that . . .

[rich83]

Its 190NM according to the guide ive got. Same ballpark though.

[vRS_Pagey]

Its 190NM according to the guide ive got. Same ballpark though.