How To Safety Wire. Safety Wiring A Wilwood Brake Rotor

In this video, I’m going to show you the basics of safety wiring using a 2-piece brake rotor from Wilwood and 0.032” stainless steel wire.
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[@jadelyneelizabeth972]

the drawn diagram really helped me thank you!!

[@HotRodsHowTos]

Awesome! Glad I could help!

[@ChoneyNation]

After 20 plus years as an Apache mechanic I’ve never used the safety wire pliers also your wire looked a little loose and the ends should be bent into a pig tail to keep the the ends from untwisting.

[@HotRodsHowTos]

Thanks for the tip!

[@anonymous-nobody1]

Two things, first i think you twists are too tight, you want 8 to 10 twists per inch. Second mistake, the tail, you want to reverse the twists so it doesn't come up over the head of the bolt. The twist from the first to the second bolt are clockwise, from the second bolt onward is counter clockwise. This is the twist, NOT the wrap direction.

[@HotRodsHowTos]

Thanks for the tips. I’m probably in the 8-10 twist per inch range. I’ve done experiments to see how far I can go before the wire begins to feel weak and break. So I’ve been going off of “feel” through the pliers, and what looks cool. (I know, looks shouldn’t come before safety 🤦🏻‍♂️). But, the next time, I’ll definitely count the twist. And yes, I should twist the tail counterclockwise. Seems obvious now that I read it. I just have a cheap set of pliers that only spin clockwise. I have a tendency to get “locked in” to certain ways of doing things. (The pliers spin clockwise, therefore the wire has to ALWAYS go clockwise ). (My factory defect 😂). If I was taught to twist the tail ccw, I didn’t retain it.

[@JohanOrdonez-wu9yh]

Fantastic video!

[@HotRodsHowTos]

Thanks!