944 Brake disc torque settings
 

Anyone know what torque I should be doing the bolts up to on the early 944 front discs?

Cheers
Paul

Which bolts? Sorry but I am confused.

On the early front disc brakes, the disc is held to the hub by 5 bolts. Its these bolts.

The torque spec is dependent on the size and hardness of the bolt. For some reason metric bolts are quite low. I believe the Bently manual lists the max and min torques for each size bolt. My manual is out on loan so you might want to run a search on the internet. Make sure the threads are clean and for anything concerning the moving parts of the chassis I use blue locktite. You will never get it apart again if you use red locktite. Hope it helps.

Thanks for that - I was worried about not doing them tight enough, but I know what happens if you do them up to tight.

Its quite a strange design, as every other set of disc brakes I have worked on has had the wheel stud or wheel bolt also going through the disc.

Paul

The bolts in question are standard 8.8strength M8 bolts.
18lbft on each.
MG

Thanks Mike!