Date:         Fri, 8 Jul 2005 19:29:02 -0700
Reply-To:     Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@TELUS.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@TELUS.NET>
Subject:      Re: lug nut torque?
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Maybe, but your owner's manual calls for about 125 ft/lbs.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wil Haslup" <wil@CHARMFX.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 7:02 PM
Subject: lug nut torque?


> Do Vanagon lugs require being tighter than any other car lugs?
>
> Reason I ask is I recently had a front brake job done by a non-VW
> specialist in their shop.
>
> Subsequently I had to work on the stabilizer link bushings.  That repair
> got done but in trying to take off the wheel I found I couldn't budge
> the lugs with a four way lug wrench.
>
> I had to use a long length of pipe I keep in my carport for a breaking
> bar.  With the pipe over an end of the four way I applied pressure to
> the pipe... took it to nearly 30 degrees from starting position and
> ultimately left the four way slightly bent but I got 'em all off.
>
> I plan on loosening the other lugs with the bar before I have a flat and
> find I can't get the wheel off.
>
> After tightening them by hand with the four way I've driven a bit and
> things seem fine.
>
> Since the vanagon lugs aren't actually nuts but bolts I'm wondering if
> there is some difference in how tight they should be?
>
> I can't find a torque spec for them.
>
> Was this just the result of a mechanic with an air ratchet and no
> thought for the poor owner?
>
>
> --
>
> Wil
>
>
> -- http://www.charmfx.com/
>
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> -- Steven Wright
>