I am changing the front pads on my '02 Civic DX. What are the torque specs on the front calipers? I tried a search, oddly, nothing came up.

 

Any help is appreciated for this n00b

 

Try posting up in the RSX DC5 / Civic 2001+ forum...
https://honda-tech.com/zeroforum?id=32

Youre more likely to get a quick answer there.

 

hold up let me look in my helms manual, i'm not sure which one it is thou. here are the specs for the front calipers

caliper mounting bracket bolts - 80 ft lbs or 108 nm
caliper mounting guide pins / bolts - 25 ft lbs or 34 nm

hope this helps

 

oh god..

screw torque specs.
Only thing you need to worry about torquing on our cars are lugnuts and headbolts.

tighten the caliper until you feel it's tight.
i use my 1/2" gun on them suckers, i dont give a ****!

my brake jobs never come back to me.

 

haha it sounds so funny me saying that while reading my sig..

it's true though man.

 

yea i feel ya on that one, i go to a mechanic school and i just use my air gun so the sucker doesn't come loose. but he asked for torque specs so i got them for him.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by loud_whispers &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">oh god..

screw torque specs.
Only thing you need to worry about torquing on our cars are lugnuts and headbolts.

tighten the caliper until you feel it's tight.
i use my 1/2" gun on them suckers, i dont give a ****!

my brake jobs never come back to me. </TD></TR></TABLE>

nice example of why i don't take my car to honda, or anyone for that matter to get worked on. this is not a smart statement to be making. especially if your sig is true. torque is very important, especially if you've seen the things i have due to improper torque.

 

blah blah blah.

torque schmorque.

go cry about it.
I torque what's essential.
Which certain things are essential to torque.

but BE REAL..
nobody torques anything in the REAL WORLD.

stop crying like a little girl..

If i was paid by the hour to go over everything with a torque ratchet, then i could see.. but in the real world.. as a flat-rate technician.

You do not have time to do that petty bullshit.

 

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especially if you've seen the things i have due to improper torque. </TD></TR></TABLE>

yeah..really the only thing i've seen go wrong with improper torquing is rotors being out of round from people not using torque sticks on their air guns.
I've never seen a head job go bad with improper torquing because i always torque the heads down.

like i said, certain things are essential to torque..
most things aren't.

that's where some people have their head in there *******.

 

exactly well put, i dont know about you but dealerships revolve around flat rate, and i'm gonna do w/e i can to cut corners and take less time on the job. doesn't mean i'm not gonna do it right, just i'm gonna take shortcuts