Has anyone else ever done this? It is my first time working with safety wire. Time consuming but came out well. This is for the Wilwood brakes going on the front of the Dart.

 

Is it to keep the bolts from coming out?

 

never seen it before

 

Seen it before and it looks right to me

 

Looks perfect. A lot of racers use the saftey wire. That looks like the right application for it too. I guess wildwood recommends the saftey wire in that application.

 

Nearly all aircraft fasteners are safety wired or something similar. That is correct, the bolt cannot come out. If the correct grade fastener is used and the torque settings are correct it cannot fail. Look on any high speed car, you will see this. There is special tools and wire required. I had never done it before and never had a car such that I needed to do it. It is a shame that it goes to the inside of the brake behind the wheel and no-one will ever see it. Looks cool though.

 

did you put them on yet?

 

WHAT????
You know I was in Carlisle all weekend. How drunk did you get????

Maybe this weekend.

 

haha

 

I have never seen brakes wired like that. Lots in industrial plants etc in high vibe locations where things can't be isolated from the vibe. Looks cool on the brakes though. Post a pic of the cool little pliers/twister tool, they're just neat.

 

Doubt I'll ever need to do the safety wiring, but if I do, I've got the ace up the sleeve. Good friend was an Air Force jet mechanic and she said she did safety wire eveery day! Aha! She doesn't know she knows something cool!

 

this might sound dumb, but how can a car ever produce enough force to knock a bolt out?

 

Heat and I believe that those lugs are threaded in not pressed with splines
[correct me if Im wrong C4C] so if they had a gall on them or something and you kinda got sloppy with the lug install, you could concievably "unscrew them". the saftey wire would prevent this. [well it sounds good from my house ] can I uncsrew my ex.? {just wonderin}

 

All true and it is not so much the force to push out a bolt rather just small vibrations cause it to get loose and eventually fall out.