My brake discs had been stored in grease to prevent rusting, which is brilliant and grim in one.
So out with the rags and white paraffin again and a good scrubbing sees them restored to shininess. After I've attached and torqued to hubs they will be lightly coated with wd40 again to keep the rust at bay whist car build goes on.
So to attaching to hubs, straightforward stuff remembering to use copper grease on all mating surfaces including bolts and washers. That means should I ever have to undo them again then they won't need my weight on the end of a 4ft bar to undo them.
Copper grease smells a lot better than the graphite grease. (I'm thinking of a side blog entitled "Greases I have smelt"... "Eminent Grises?" Ok, not funny.
Bolt all copper greased up.
So the final part, torquing the bolts to correct value from Jaguar. Armed with trust well thumbed Haynes manual and torque wrench this is a case of just follow the instructions.
And the last bit - a consistent mechanism for telling myself and the IVA tester that the bolt has been torqued and double checked is a line of nail varnish (bright pink) across the bolts and disc interface.
I will do this on ALL torqued bolts.
It also lends itself to a visual check as the car notches up miles - any line that is broken or has moved needs attention.
Belt and braces, both sides done so can be easily seen when the wheel is off too.
Repeat for other hub.
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