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BrewCityCobra
01-26-2021, 05:32 PM
So I'm assembling my front Wilwood calipers and have a few quick questions:

The instructions ask for Red Loctite on the bolts going into the caliper itself (and everywhere for that matter). I am hesitant to do this (I avoid Red Loctite at all costs anyways and typically just use Blue instead). I'm wanted to just check to make sure I'm not missing something by using only blue loctite throughout my brake assembly (e.g., disk hat bolts, caliper bolts, caliper bracket bolts, etc.).

Second, the car is going to be going to the track so I suspect some pad swapping will be in my future - which of course requires the removal of the entire caliper itself. With that said, track-goers, are you changing anything in the way you assemble the calipers (no loctite, blue loctite, etc.) to assist with this process?

Hoooper
01-26-2021, 06:06 PM
With the wilwood fronts dont those have a bridge bolt or just retaining clips that come out and allow you to swap pads without removing the caliper?

Gordon Levy
01-26-2021, 06:23 PM
Generally for track work locktite really can't take the heat that is why everything is safety wired, This includes hat to rotor, caliper to bracket and bracket to spindle or housing.

TMartinLVNV
01-26-2021, 06:43 PM
With the wilwood fronts dont those have a bridge bolt or just retaining clips that come out and allow you to swap pads without removing the caliper?

I know that mine do not have the ability to swap pads out the top. I was kinda disappointed about this.

Gordon Levy
01-26-2021, 07:04 PM
All of my 4 and 6 piston kits the pads can be swapped without removing the caliper.

BrewCityCobra
01-27-2021, 11:25 AM
Generally for track work locktite really can't take the heat that is why everything is safety wired, This includes hat to rotor, caliper to bracket and bracket to spindle or housing.

That makes sense. The kit I received from FFR was only configured for safety wiring on the hat-rotor bolts - the rest are just torqued with loctite. I marked the bolt heads elsewhere so I guess I'll just make a point of keeping an eye on those bolts and re-torque them every time I head out for a track day. The car will only see 3-5 track days a year so it's not going to be too heavy duty of a work load.