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Old Sep 17, 2007 | 05:27 AM
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Can someone post the caliper, caliper bracket and wheel nut torques please. I can't find my s2000 .pdf

ta muchly

I can't believe how much OEM disks are:
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Old Sep 17, 2007 | 05:35 AM
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The oem's would cost more than my DBA one then!

Caliper bolts should be spanner tight, caliper bracket should be socket and 12" rachet tight.

Wheel nuts should be oem supplied wheel nut tight.

Tight means reasonable amount of force applied through the tool by hand without applying body weight.

Not particularly exact but works for me
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Old Sep 17, 2007 | 05:37 AM
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OEM's are $77 each from US
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Old Sep 17, 2007 | 06:06 AM
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wheel nuts are 80 ftlbs. Caliper bracket I think is 25ftlbs although i'm not 100% on that. I think it states the correct figures in cthree's sticky on changing out brake pads...
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Old Sep 17, 2007 | 06:14 AM
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25 ftibs for the the caliper bracket seems very low.
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Old Sep 17, 2007 | 06:20 AM
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Don't do them too tight: it'll just piss you off when you have to change them again in a couple of weeks time.
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Old Sep 17, 2007 | 06:39 AM
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Just to confirm the Honda ESM says...

Caliper bracket - 32 N.m or 24 lbf.ft (front and rear)
n.b. This is the bolts that you undo when you want to change out the brake pads.
Wheel nut - 108 N.m or 79.6 lbf.ft
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Old Sep 17, 2007 | 07:11 AM
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for the bolts that hold the caliper onto the bracket 25lbft sounds right. Mark needs the torque for the bolts that hold the caliper bracket (also known as the torque plate) onto the upright that you have to remove when you change discs. ISTR that you need a 17mm socket to undo the bolt so its a lot more meaty and a lot tighter than the caliper bolts.
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Old Sep 17, 2007 | 07:13 AM
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I changed my rear disc's and pads last week and used a bit of Loctite on them just to be sure.
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Old Sep 17, 2007 | 11:50 AM
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All done now anyway, and there's no massive vibration under braking so the disks were definitely warped. Going to get hold of a vernier caliper or micrometer and check the disks though.

Bottom line: EBC disks aren't worth the money. The Brakes International ones before held up better.
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