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JNJ-Z · **Posted:** Fri Apr 27, 2007 8:53 pm

hi all,
im changing my brakes and having my rotors turned, the brake calipers sit inside a bracket, this bracket has to be removed to get to rotors off! what is the torque on those bolts??
also does anybody know the torque on the nuts for the tie-rod ends??? please help if you can!

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Fri Apr 27, 2007 8:58 pm

JNJ-Z wrote:

hi all,
im changing my brakes and having my rotors turned, the brake calipers sit inside a bracket, this bracket has to be removed to get to rotors off! what is the torque on those bolts??
also does anybody know the torque on the nuts for the tie-rod ends??? please help if you can!

The calipher braket bolts are torqued to 100 ft-lbs,the tie-rod balljoint nuts are torqued to 80 ft-lbs.Why are you loosening the tie-rod balljoint nuts if doing a brake job?

JNJ-Z · **Posted:** Fri Apr 27, 2007 9:06 pm

thank you tjkj2002
i had my recall done for the lower ball joints, they reused the nylock nuts and i
complained about them reusing the nuts! they said not to worry they cant came loses! but when i was taking the brakes apart i was able to turn both nuts by hand! so now i will get some locktight and call the dealership back on monday

myjeepwalks · **Posted:** Fri Apr 27, 2007 9:09 pm

JNJ-Z wrote:

thank you tjkj2002
i had my recall done for the lower ball joints, they reused the nylock nuts and i
complained about them reusing the nuts! they said not to worry they cant came loses! but when i was taking the brakes apart i was able to turn both nuts by hand! so now i will get some locktight and call the dealership back on monday

loose tie rod nuts? that is not good! I would definately give that dealer and booty chewing.

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Fri Apr 27, 2007 9:11 pm

myjeepwalks wrote:

JNJ-Z wrote:

thank you tjkj2002
i had my recall done for the lower ball joints, they reused the nylock nuts and i
complained about them reusing the nuts! they said not to worry they cant came loses! but when i was taking the brakes apart i was able to turn both nuts by hand! so now i will get some locktight and call the dealership back on monday

loose tie rod nuts? that is not good! I would definately give that dealer and @$#% chewing.

Yeah I would be giving that dealer what's left of my mind,you never reuse nylock nuts for stuff like that.

JNJ-Z · **Posted:** Fri Apr 27, 2007 9:44 pm

they also heated the nuts to get them off and melted all the plastic out of them! thats why i complained! still the service manager said they will be fine! so untill i get some new ones do you think lock-tight will help? i will use the red stuff!

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Fri Apr 27, 2007 9:49 pm

JNJ-Z wrote:

they also heated the nuts to get them off and melted all the plastic out of them! thats why i complained! still the service manager said they will be fine! so untill i get some new ones do you think lock-tight will help? i will use the red stuff!

Yes the red Lock-Tight will work just fine,just don't use the green Lock-Tight(you have to heat it up to 600 degrees+ to loosen that stuff).

JNJ-Z · **Posted:** Fri Apr 27, 2007 9:51 pm

tjkj2002
thank you so much for your time and your help!!!!

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Fri Apr 27, 2007 9:55 pm

JNJ-Z wrote:

tjkj2002
thank you so much for your time and your help!!!!

No problem,I'm a mechanic for the Army and have spent time working at a dealership service department and body shop.If I'm not wrenching I'm bored.

JNJ-Z · **Posted:** Fri Apr 27, 2007 10:01 pm

so if i can get new nuts for a while it will be safe with that red lock-tight??i have a three year old daughter and i just what to be safe!!!!!! because there is know plastic left in the nuts!

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Fri Apr 27, 2007 10:09 pm

JNJ-Z wrote:

so if i can get new nuts for a while it will be safe with that red lock-tight??i have a three year old daughter and i just what to be safe!!!!!! because there is know plastic left in the nuts!

Yes you'll be fine using the red Lock-Tight untill you can get new nylock nuts.Actually the lock-tighted nuts should stay tight better than nylock nuts without lock-tight if torqued properly.I recommend to get new nylock nuts anyway and lock-tight them to,better sucurity in my opinion.

Jeepjeepster · **Posted:** Fri Apr 27, 2007 11:19 pm

I usually reuse the nuts for the upper balljoints and tie-rod ends. There isnt a problem with that, its the fact that they heated them up. The nylon was non-existent after that.

Although I removed one of my tie-rod end bolts the other day and the Nylon was messed up. The threads were ok so Im not sure what happened. Ive got a few extra bolts so it wasnt a problem.

Whats the blue thread lock for tjkj?

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Fri Apr 27, 2007 11:23 pm

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Whats the blue thread lock for tjkj?

The blue lock-tight is medium hold,red is a stroger hold,and the green lock-tight is considered perminiated(hence needing to heat to 600 degrees+ to get it to release).

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