Does anyone have the correct torque wrench setting for the four bolts and nuts
that
attach the half shaft to the side of the differential?
Thanks,
Bill
Atlanta
74 TR6
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I thought for sure that someone would have answered this.
I'm sorry I don't have my manual here with me . . . . . but I'm pretty sure it
is in the Bentley manual. Perhaps not in the rear axle section, but in the
general specifications section.
Having swapped my rear a couple times in the past year . . . I seem to remember
a figure like 24 or 28 ft.lbs of torque for these bolts.
I was surprised it wasn't higher too.
But then on the other hand . . .70 seems a bit too high.
I don't think these bolts really shouldn't see much in the way of axial load.
Unlike a head stud or a wheel lug which gets pulled on. Most of their stress
is in a shearing direction.
Unless of course the splines on the axle shafts aren't doing their job.
But even then I'd think in order to put a tensile load on the bolts, you'd more
likely lift a wheel. If the splines bind while the rear of the car is squating
. . . then the axle shaft is going to press against the differential flange as
opposed to pulling on the bolts.
I could be way off on all this.
I'm just typing off the top of my head and I'm not fully awake yet. :-)
Having typed all that. . .I will say this: After changing driveshafts and axle
shafts, I found some of the bolts and nuts had loosed up a few months later.
Not a good thing.
Use the right nuts and bolts.
Use the right right torque. (maybe even use some non permanent loc-tite)
Make sure the mating faces of the flanges are clean and seated well against
each other.
Then check them again after a couple of oil changes.
Scott Tilton
TR6 everyday in Leesburg, VA
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