12-05-2006, 07:05 PM
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Front Brake/Rim Help!
Okay, so long story short- have my Z06 rims and some chorome lugnuts (cheapo ones from advance auto- never again!). Anyways, they keep loosening up on me and I'm always tightening them, PITA. Anyways, my brakes are relatively new, but it feels like they're rubbing when I'm driving, then I go look at the lugnuts and one or two may be loose.
The lugnuts, btw, aren't tapered...they're completely flat at the end of them, where they mate with the rim. The holes in the rim for them are most definately tapered. So, what's causing this nasty rubbing? Is it the frikkin bad lugnuts that aren't tapered, therefore isn't keeping the rim on properly? Do I need to put my stock lugs back on? It's already destroyed a set of front brakes already, rubbing like crazy.
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12-05-2006, 08:18 PM
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I dont get how something could rub....is the offset so whack that your rim hits the caliper or something? How did it destroy your brakes?
And ya I would get lugs man....gorilla lugs maybe.
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12-06-2006, 09:30 AM
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No, it rides just fine when it's first installed....rim has plenty of clearance, and it isn't hitting the caliper or rotor or anything (the paint is still perfect).
I think the lugs are just getting loose and it's letting the rim play around, and thus lets the caliper get angled. I just bought new lugs today, so we'll see if that cures it.
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12-31-2006, 05:04 PM
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You are correct, the torque spec is indeed 100 Ft/Lbs.
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01-04-2007, 11:16 AM
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Wellll, had a nice ordeal. Bought my new lugs, OEM GM ones....100 Ft Lbs each, they're not budging.
I go to stop off the highway, maybe 30 mph on the decel....suddenly my front tires lock up and my ABS INOP light comes on...oh crap. Anyways, front tires locked, I drive it a block off the highway and to a gas station....front tires are toast (okay, because I was getting new ones for Christmas in 2 days). Anyways, towed it back home, and looked it over- the top bolt for the caliper on the driver's side had either fallen or sheared out....so there was no bolt. I replaced it with a new one, and added self-locking washers, and torqued it. No problems as of yet, but anyways....scarey day.
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01-04-2007, 11:19 AM
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We had a guy that had a caliper bolt on the front driver's side shear off during one of our cruises in BG this year on one of the LS1 cars....I am begining to see a trend.....
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01-05-2007, 11:57 AM
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Could be an alarming trend....seriously, that was the most scared I've ever been in that car. Thankfully it didnt happen at 90 mph that I was cruising at before it happened.
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01-05-2007, 01:34 PM
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Did you take the calipers off when you did the suspension? If you don't torque those bolts down they will come off. There is a lot of vibration & work going on with the brake system, everything needs to be tightened just so.
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01-05-2007, 03:03 PM
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OK first off, No aluminum factory wheels are tighten to 100 ft/lbs. Only Cheep steelies. Unless this changed in the past 4 years I believe its only 75ft/lbs. More torque was found to distort the rims.
You have to get the correct lugnuts. Off the top of my head I do not know if the Vette rims are the exact hubcentric mount as the camaros but regardless of that fact the Taper helps to center the rin on the lug. Without this the rim will have a little bit if play to loosen. Also look that the surface on the rim that the lug rides against, 10-1 there is some damage there from the wrong lugs @ the wrong clamping force. As for the Caliper, it may have just been a freak thing. Be glad that all you needed was a bolt.
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01-15-2007, 11:44 PM
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It's 100 ft/lbs. on the stock Z28 aluminum wheels.
100 ft/lbs. on the ZR1 style aluminum wheels. 100 ft/lbs. on the 2000 Corvette factory polished aluminum wheels 100 ft/lbs. on the stock Z06 Aluminu wheels BTW, I have all those wheel styles and they get torqued to 100 ft/lbs. each and every time they come off and go back on the car(s). They may be cheep wheels but they ain't cheep to buy. I've had TWO set's of warped front rotors on the Z28. Both time it was shortly after sending it to have new tires mounted. Second set of rotors worked great until I sent the wife to the tire store for new tire mounting. I didn't think about them torqing the wheels with an air wrench which hammers the lugs on. Couple weeks later..sure enough warped rotors AGAIN. I bought the THIRD set and installed them. It's on the thrid set of tires now. I took the tires and rims to the tire store in the back of my truck. Brought them back, installed them, torqued them to 100 ft'lbs. No more warped rotors. I know a LOT of peeps deny this happening. Fine with me. They can do it their way, I'll do it my way. I'll torque to 100 ft/lbs and keep my rotors on there for a longggg time.
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01-15-2007, 11:48 PM
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The best thing to do with your caliper bolts is to use a drop of BLue Loctite.
Don't use the Red. THe BLue is the stuff to keep caliper bolts from coming loose. Torque the bolts to spec. also. Do NOT tighten them without a torque wrench. This is a serious safety issue bolt so do'er right.
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