Re: Disc brake conversion:spindle bolts torque?

["Jim Blair" <carnuck@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

A: Warning Will Robinson! The anchor bolts are the ones that hold the 
bracket to the hub and not the little ones which hold the caliper to the 
bracket! If you tighten them that much, you will strip the bolts, holes or 
worse yet, shear off the caliper bolt!


From: david crooks <david.crooks@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: amc <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Disc brake conversion:spindle  bolts torque?

 >> Converting my 72 Gremlin to disk brakes.Using a 1977
 >> hornet(Bendix) setup. What i need to know is the
 >> torque of the bolts that hold the caliper
 >> mount/spindle assy to the steering knuckle. I looked
 >> in my shop manual,cannot seem to find it.

 >Torque them "tight" -- there is no torque setting. Just tighten
snugly. >The bolts are grade 5, if you decide to get replacements make
sure you >get grade 5 bolts. Local hardware stores will have them.

I don't think I've ever seen a factory shop manual that
didn't specify torque settings for important bolts, and
the AMC Tam's I've got here are no exception.  There most
certainly IS a torque setting!

At the end of each section, there's a listing of torque
specs.  The Caliper Anchor Plate Mounting Bolts are torqued
to 80 ft/lbs according to page 2F-37 of the '77 TSM.

Cheers,



Dave