Changing my pads and figured it'd be a quick 1/2 hour job.. Well when leveling the pistons to get the pads in, the one hyper extended and is stuck out. I'm trying to get the caliper off so I can get the piston down. And I don't know if I'm dumb, but it's clockwise to remove the 21mm bolt (facing the car) right?
Last edited by Mackinback : 10-27-2009 at 12:25 PM.
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Hey Mack, just for reference when you're putting the calipers back on, they're torqued to 96 ft. lbs. That's probably the reason you're having a hard time if you're using a regular rachett. The torque is not that far off from our lug nuts torqued at 110 ft. lbs., so you can imagine how hard they'd be doing it with a rachett.
Bernie
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Hey Mack, just for reference when you're putting the calipers back on, they're torqued to 96 ft. lbs. That's probably the reason you're having a hard time if you're using a regular rachett. The torque is not that far off from our lug nuts torqued at 110 ft. lbs., so you can imagine how hard they'd be doing it with a rachett.
Bernie
surely Bernie you mean 100 nm for the lug nuts,100 ftlbs is way too tight for alloys
110ftlbs is approx 150 nm there is no car on our tyre wall chart that has them that tight,jeep cherokee is 136 nm,crossfire is 110 nm,in my opinion and experience 110ftlbs may damage the cone/shoulder in the alloy rim where the bolt/nut secures the wheel(you know what I mean,lol)
well our manuals state that wheel nuts(lug nuts) are torqued to 100nm,wonder why its different for you then?
No idea Ray, but the service manual says 110 ft. lbs. (150 N·m) for all wheels including SRT. When I did the brakes on my Jeep last year I didn't know the lug nut torque & used 110 like my car. I asked at the next SRT Engineer chat session and they said "110 nominal".
I edited my previous post to ensure it was understood the torque specs were for the caliper bolts, NOT the lug nut torque.
Well after a couple hours and a few trips here and there, I finally got the job done. The C-clamps I have didn't do the trick in getting the piston back in, so I had my buddy at the shop take care of it. The bolts for the calipers were really on there.. That and the fact you cant get much leverage in the wheel well. I was using a breaker bar.. After many attempts by hand I ended up standing on the breaker bar and jumping up and down.. LoL
BTW - I originally thought it was the rears that were bad.. Just from what I have read, and how I run the car, but it was the fronts.. Luckily I wasnt driving on them very long as they were quite low.
I might just pick up a set of rotors soon that way I can just be done with it all. So I may be returning work back to those tricky calipers!
Thanks for the help guys
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