Disco 3 Caliper bolt torque values?

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Could someone confirm these values please,

Front caliper bolts: 275Nm
Rear caliper bolts: 35Nm
Rear caliper anchor plate: 115Nm
Wheel nuts: 140Nm

275Nm seems like an awful lot for the fronts?
 
275nm is quite a bit, you will need a serious torque wrench and elbow grease to get to there- I'm sure the bolts would snap way before then

even the wheel nuts seem excessive
 
The 275Nm seems to be for the actual caliper bolts and not the guide bolts. In order to service/adjust the EPB you need to remove the entire caliper assembly.

Looks like the guide bolts are 35Nm for front and rear?

My heading and post is actually confusing now that I look at it. I'm not talking about the actual bolts holding the caliper to the wheel assembly but the guide bolts you remove to get to the pads, the guide bolts create a 'floating caliper'.
 
saturnz said:
275nm is quite a bit, you will need a serious torque wrench and elbow grease to get to there- I'm sure the bolts would snap way before then

even the wheel nuts seem excessive
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Yeah, the guide bolts will shear off I reckon.

The wheel nuts are correct, I just cross referenced that with the Continental chart they have for all brands of cars.

Looks like you a need a 500lb gorilla to work on these cars :D
 
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