jmat1980

Im on in the garage right now doing my front brakes and I realized that the bolts that hold the calipers in place are larger than the rears 18mm vs 21mm. I know the rear caliper bolts are tourqued to 55ft lbs, but what about the front??

According to the tourque chart on project JK it says "Front Caliper Adapter, 120ft lbs" Is this the right bolt?? The upper and lower that hold the caliper on??

Thanks..

http://project-jk.com/jeep-jk-write-...ettings#brakes

genesbro

No that 120 is for the bolts that hold the caliper mounting bracket to the knuckle.

jmat1980

Im talking about the two bolts that allow you to remove the caliper from the wheel...On the front they are 21mm...

Does anyone know what they are called on the tourque chart here? http://project-jk.com/jeep-jk-write-...ettings#brakes

genesbro

You have a brake caliper that presses the pad together to put pressure on the rotor. Then you have a caliper mounting bracket that the caliper mounts onto. The caliper mounting bracket has two bolts that hold it onto the knuckle. Which of these two are you dealing with?

jmat1980

I believe its the bolts that your refering to as the caliper mounting bracket...

Its the two bolts that are removed in step 15 of this write up, just on the front rather than the rear...http://project-jk.com/jeep-jk-write-...ad-replacement

genesbro

Ok looking at that step you should have had just the caliper out of the caliper bracket. That means that the two bolts you took out went through a couple of rubber boots that let the caliper slide for when the pads wear.

jmat1980

Got it fig out...

Those bolts are 120 ft lb

Also, the bolts you are talking about are referred to as the caliper slide pin bolts (the 2 bolts above and below #2 in the picture below) and are only 23 ft lbs...

Here are the instructions
1. Install the caliper adapter mounting bolts (1). Tighten the mounting bolts to 163 N·m (120 ft.lbs).

2. Install the inboard (2) and outboard pads (3). (Refer to 5 - BRAKES/HYDRAULIC/MECHANICAL/BRAKE PADS/SHOES - INSTALLATION).

3. Install the caliper (4) to the adapter (3) (Refer to 5 - BRAKES/HYDRAULIC/MECHANICAL/DISC BRAKE CALIPERS - INSTALLATION).

4. Install the tire and wheel assembly. (Refer to 22 - TIRES/WHEELS/WHEELS - STANDARD PROCEDURE).

kittisman

I hope you put a little thread lock on the bolt first, one of the ones on my rear caliper fell out last weekend while out of town.

jmat1980

No $hit??

I assume you had them tourqued to 55 ft lbs? I should go back in and add locktite...

dpoelstra

Torque Setting= REAL TIGHT!!!