Sorry - I forgot to mention that my van is an '88 GL.

John

On 4/2/2013 7:17 PM, mark drillock wrote:
> The torque of the large caliper bolts depends on the year. The 86+ brake
> caliper uses MUCH larger bolts and has a much higher torque setting.
>
> The back cover of the Bentley says:
> 1980-85  115 ft-lb
> from 1986 200 ft-lb
>
> Mark
>
> 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??
>>>
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