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Back In The Old Days... 700 1991

posted by  Token Ring Man on  Tue Jan 15 00:37 CST 2002
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When cars were much larger and there was more room, the brake rotors were bolted the the back side of the hub. Torgue didn't matter at all, except for damaging wheels and stripping the occasional thread set.

Now, cars are much smaller and to save space, the manufactures, most anyway, sandwich the rotors between the hub and the wheel. That's where the problem arises.

So, from your dad's perspective, and his frame of reference, he's right, and from yours, you're right.

The bottom line is, on the 700's, overtorquing causes the rotors to warp, but not on your dad's 70's Ford LTD.






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