Some "Anti-Sieze" lubricants can reduce the required torque by as much as
40-50%. Not accounting for the lubricity of a lubricant on the threaded
fastener can make for some extremely over torqued stretched bolt and
stripped thread situations. Luckily this particular fastener is very strong
and can take a lot of abuse.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sent: Tuesday, April 2, 2013 8:47 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Brake Caliper Torque - 200 ft/lbs??

You can use a cheater bar on the brake caliper mounting bolts.
Get a long hand 1/2 inch swivel head breaker bar..
that will give just the right angle to put a cheater bar over  the end of it
, outboard of the fender/body area.
Turn the steering to full lock to facilitate the angle on each side of
course.

180to 200 ft lbs sounds like plenty enough to me.
I like to put the tiniest bit of copper anti-seize on the threads and shanks
of the bolts. Less than  'barely any'  almost  ..but something other than
bare metal-to-metal.

On 4/2/2013 4:24 PM, Dan Andrews wrote:
> John,
>
> The Haynes manual gives Brake caliper to steering knuckle torque as
> 160Nm (118lbf ft)
>
> Dan
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 03/04/2013, at 8:19 AM, JRodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
>> Just finished up installing new front wheel bearings and noted that
>> Bentley calls for 200 ft/lbs of torque on the caliper bolts.  I have
>> found one that goes to 180 and the rest go to 150. How the devil do
>> you get that torque value??
>>
>> I'm working on the ground, so long cheater bars are out. Just not
>> enough room for that much moment-arm.
>>
>> Where brakes are concerned - I want it right.
>>
>> Any suggestions??
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> John