Topic: 67 San Jose Dust sheild/Caliper bracket bolt orientation

[bhoulis]

What is the proper orientation of the mounting bolts for the caliper bracket/dust shield assembly, bolt heads on the dust shield side or vise versa? From what I can tell from shop and Osborn manuals it looks like nuts go on shield side but I see alot of the other way when doing a web search for pics. Any help is much appreciated. Brian

[Bob Gaines]

What is the proper orientation of the mounting bolts for the caliper bracket/dust shield assembly, bolt heads on the dust shield side or vise versa? From what I can tell from shop and Osborn manuals it looks like nuts go on shield side but I see alot of the other way when doing a web search for pics. Any help is much appreciated. Brian

In this particular case trust the assembly manual illustration instead of what you found on your web search.

[bhoulis]

Thanks Bob. The illustration in my assembly manual isn't too clear so I went with what the shop manual shows which is nuts on the dust shield side. Not sure if the shop manual should be used as a definitive source. Just want to check with the experts and those who have more experience than me. Brian

[J_Speegle]

First welcome to the site hope you find all your concours related questions answered here


Why don't you post your cars info and we can just provide a picture of what they were doing at the same plant and time as when your car was built?

You'll find attaching/listing your cars info in your signature a time saver over the long and even, short run as we'll need it often when respondign to your questions

[bhoulis]

Yes, I will do that. It's a 67 GT350  3-22-67 build. Brian

[J_Speegle]

Just noticed that the thread is titled for the caliper bolts though it appears that the focus is on the four dust shield/spindle bolts


Here is a shot of two of those bolts/nuts and the caliper to spindle bolts  that should help. Last time or before, the caliper bolt safety wires were not replaced

[bhoulis]

Interesting. I've been searching pics on the web that look like unrestored or original ( rusty, dirty, greasy ) and can find them both ways. Could it be a plant specific thing or line worker doing it the easier way? Would be interested to hear from others. Shop manual definitely shows nuts on dust shied side and from what I can see, so does the assembly manual. Brian

[Bob Gaines]

Interesting. I've been searching pics on the web that look like unrestored or original ( rusty, dirty, greasy ) and can find them both ways. Could it be a plant specific thing or line worker doing it the easier way? Would be interested to hear from others. Shop manual definitely shows nuts on dust shied side and from what I can see, so does the assembly manual. Brian

I don't know about other plants but SJ was typically as the assembly manual. I suspect the same for the others .

[J_Speegle]

Interesting. I've been searching pics on the web that look like unrestored or original ( rusty, dirty, greasy ) and can find them both ways. Could it be a plant specific thing or line worker doing it the easier way?

That is the way I've found 67 San Jose examples

[bhoulis]

Which way? Like the picture you posted or as per the manual?? Brian

[J_Speegle]

Which way? Like the picture you posted or as per the manual?? Brian

Like the original car posted in the picture I show above.

[bhoulis]

Thanks Jeff. Brian