<VV> Cross shaft bolts torque spec

[Harry Yarnell]

You have to have the bushings 'unloaded' when you tighten them, otherwise
you can rip up the rubber part of the bushing when the suspension travels to
its limits.

Harry Yarnell
perryman garage and orphanage
perryman, MD
hyarnell1@earthlink.net

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim McLott" <Jim.McLott@DOR.GA.GOV>
To: "Virtual Vairs" <virtualvairs@corvair.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 9:37 AM
Subject: <VV> Cross shaft bolts torque spec


> Thanks to everyone who responded to my question about how tight the
> bolts on the ends of the cross shaft should be.  (These are the bolts
> that hold the cross shaft in the upper control arm, not the nuts that
> hold the cross shaft to the front cross member.)  The consensus was
> 35-40 ft. lbs. After carefully rereading the 1965 shop manual, I can see
> where step 12 on page 3-13 confirms this.  The shop manual makes it
> sound like the bolts should be tightened with the wheel on the car and
> the car on the ground, but I had to raise the car and remove the wheel,
> so I hope I got them tightened right.
>
> Jim McLott & Christine, the 1966 Monza convertible she-devil
> Member: CORSA, Corvair Atlanta and - for a few hours yesterday - Group
> Red
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