Date:         Sun, 22 Aug 1999 04:23:13 +0200
Reply-To:     Per Lindgren <lindgre@ONLINE.NO>
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From:         Per Lindgren <lindgre@ONLINE.NO>
Subject:      Re: Rear wheel axle nut torque
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Dana E Hager wrote:

> My Bently (Pub date: 1991) has an axle nut torque value of 360 ft lb
> with 10 slots in the crown nut. It also has warnings of only using a 10
> slot nut, correct torque and using a new cotter pin. It does not list
> any difference in Vanagons or Syncros from 1980-1991.
>
> 350 Nm / 253 ft lb sounds like a air cooled spec. Bug/Bus, not a
> vanagon???

Exactly the same information about the 6 slot vs. 10 slot nuts are in the
Haynes WBX manual.

PerL
87 Syncro 112i

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