[davepl]

Well, I prefer to torque everything to spec rather than just strong-arm it. I figure the factory wouldn't have gone to the expense if it wasn't worth it.

That said, those that noticed my torque value was too high were spot on: I checked and the 120 ftlbs is for a "Caliper Housing Bolt", on the Corvette only. The caliper bolt on front calipers is only supposed to be 30 ft lbs (for passenger cars, anyway... I don't have the '72 truck manual, just a '70 before discs were available, so 35 sounds right).

As you can imagine, there's a big difference between 120 and 30, certainly enough to snap a bolt head off!

Thanks for all the input!