Date:         Thu, 17 Jun 1999 08:43:13 -0700
Reply-To:     Tom Young <young@SHERLOCK.SIMS.BERKELEY.EDU>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Tom Young <young@SHERLOCK.SIMS.BERKELEY.EDU>
Subject:      What's the correct torque here??  33 ft./lbs.!!!!
Comments: To: type2@type2.com
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Thanks to all who replied to my qustion regarding the torque to use to
mount the engine carrier to the crankcase on a 2.0l Vanagon engine.  I dug
further into my stash of manuals and pulled out the "Official Service
Manual" for 1968 to 1979 buses.  It has a real nice table of torques
which includes the size and quality grade of the  fastener in question -
if only other manuals were this good!

Anyway, this table indicates that 14 ft./lbs. is the correct torque to
use here, FOR AN 8MM BOLT.  As was pointed out to me, I mis-identified
the bolts for my application ('80-'83 Vanagon) as 8mm when they are
actually 10mm in size.

So I believe the 33 ft./lbs. spec'd in 2 of the manuals I consulted is
correct, and that's what I'm using.  Looks like the 14 ft./lbs. quoted in
the other two manuals (Wilson, Clymer) is a carryover from the pre-'80
Type4 engines.

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Tom Young               young@sherlock.SIMS.Berkeley.EDU
Lafayette, CA  94549    '81 Vanagon
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