Front Wilwood Mounting Bracket

[GT53]

Hey All,

When installing the front brakes, Wilwood says to torque the front mounting brackets to 65 ft lbs. The problem is that on the upper mounting hole there isn’t enough room between the bolt head and the spindle to get a socket on it, thus no way to torque to spec. I can just barely get an open end spanner on the bolt head but just enough to get about 1/2 of a turn.

Am I doing something wrong, being too dumb to figure it out, (a likely scenario) or is this a known issue?

As always, thanks in advance for any input.

Greg

[boat737]

Will a torque extender fit? It's like a 2 inch long box end wrench. You will have to calculate the new torque value. (if you have a 12 inch torque wrench, it would be something like 12/14 x 65 = 56, if in a straight line, if I remember right. Better search the exact formula.)

[GT53]

Thanks for the quick reply Boat. No dice on the extender. The bolt is accessible from straight on but the clearance from the edge of the bolt to the spindle won’t allow a socket to fit on the bolt at all. Surely someone with a MK IV kit has run across this issue, or as I stated in the original post, I might be doing something real dumb and I’m not seeing it.

Greg

[michael everson]

Did you use the 12 point bolts supplied by FFR? Pretty sure that will solve your problem.
Mike

[GT53]

Did you use the 12 point bolts supplied by FFR? Pretty sure that will solve your problem.
Mike

Thanks Mike, I did not. I used the bolts from the Wilwood kit. I’ll dig around and see if I can find the FF 12 points but I don’t recall seeing them of late.

If I don’t find them is that something that I can source from an auto parts store?

[Namrups]

I had the same issue. Used a die grinder on the spindle to open the space between the bolt head and the spindle. Only needed to take a little out.

[GT53]

I had the same issue. Used a die grinder on the spindle to open the space between the bolt head and the spindle. Only needed to take a little out.

Thanks. If I couldn’t find the 12 pt FF bolt that was going to be my next move.

[totem]

Will a torque extender fit? It's like a 2 inch long box end wrench. You will have to calculate the new torque value. (if you have a 12 inch torque wrench, it would be something like 12/14 x 65 = 56, if in a straight line, if I remember right. Better search the exact formula.)

You need to install the torque wrench at 90deg and applied the specified torque. No calculation needed.

For the initial post issue, 65 ft/lb is the normal torque for a normal bolt. Just torque it as usual without the torque wrench and move on…