On 6/14/2012 9:57 AM, Alistair Bell wrote: > I seem to recall that there is some sort of book or manual that has > information about this, can't quite recall the name of it, something > like Buntley, Bendy, Brimley? > > 28Nm/ 18 ft lbs Except 28 Nm is 21 ft-lbs???? (18 ft lbs is 24 Nm) Standard torque tables can be used for almost everything (check Bentley if bolting into alloy, like the engine, though). The most common fasteners on a VW are 6mm (10mm head), 8mm (13mm head), 10mm (17mm head), and 12mm (19mm head). torque in ft-lb size grade/8.8 10.9 12.9 6mm 7 10 12 8mm 17 24 29 10mm 33 47 57 12mm 59 83 100 torque in Nm size grade/8.8 10.9 12.9 6mm 10 14 16 8mm 23 33 39 10mm 45 64 77 12mm 80 113 136 |
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