Trying to find some torque settings

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Apr 7, 2003 | 01:13 PM

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Trying to find some torque settings

Reassembled the trailing arms over the weekend, and couldn't find the torque settings in the AIM or in my manual. Need to torque the spindle support studs & the parking brake anchor bolt on the rears and the spindle arm bolts & the brake caliper bracket bolt on the front.

Thanks - I'll post some pics of the trailing arms tomorrow

Apr 7, 2003 | 01:31 PM

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Re: Trying to find some torque settings (70BBvert)

Spindle support studs? Do you mean the bearing housing to T-arm studs? They have a 9/16 nut. 30 ft/lbs. I'm not sure what you mean about the parking brake. Steering arm to spindle bolts - 70 ft/lbs (3/4 nut or 11/16 on '63 to '68 cars). Caliper brackets should be at least 70 ft/lbs but I can't find the actual spec for those.

Apr 7, 2003 | 02:20 PM

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Re: Trying to find some torque settings (burners)

:iagree:
Looking at the spec sheet that came with my T-arms from Van Steel:

Bearing housing to T-arm - 9/16", 30 lbs-ft
Steering arm to spindle - 3/4", 70 lbs-ft
Caliper mounting bolts - 5/8", 70 lbs-ft

Can't find anything on a park brake bolt.

Apr 7, 2003 | 03:10 PM

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Re: Trying to find some torque settings (Gator81)

The parking brake bolt is the one at the top/center of the parking brakes. Here's a pic - better than I could descibe.

The caliper bracket bolt is this large bolt at the top of the spindle

Thanks
Jim

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