Suspension / Wheel torque settings, please help asap

Hey,

I'm changing the springs on my MK1 today. I searched everywhere yesterday for a Haynes manual but nobody stocked one so I'm unsure what the torque settings are..

So, if anyone has a Haynes handy I'd really appreciate it if you could tell me what the wheel bolt torque settings are (standard wheels) and what torque settings I need to use on the various suspension bolts (not sure what ones there are until I look)

Cheers

Adrian

Dont quote me on this but im pretty sure majority of car wheels are done up to 100n/m  :dontknow:  thats what i use on my mk1.
Cant help with other bit but sure someone can just do it as tight as you can i would say without going ott.

Dub76 said

…just do it as tight as you can i would say without going ott.

That's what I thought of doing, that is what I usually do and used to do on my MK4 Polo, do it as tight as possible but knowing where the limit is and be a bit sensible.

Thanks for the wheel info

Cheers

Adrian

Had a look in my haynes……

Figs in Nm

strut to body..20
strutbody to piston rod..80
wheel bearing housing to stru..80
tie rod to strut..30
bottom ball joint to wheel bearing housing..m8..30..m10..50
bottom ball joint to wishbone..25
driveshaft nut..230
front wishbone bolt..100
rear wishbone bolt/nut..5
antirollbar to wishbone..25



Ebay would be a good place for a haynes :cry:

Thanks very much ew!

Am keeping an eye on a couple Haynes on eBay at the moment will hopefully win one

Cheers

Adrian

Try Amazon.com as well.
Was looking on there for something else the other day and seem to remember seeing some.  Even have second hand ones avaiable as well

Adrian,


pm'd ya matey

ew said

Had a look in my haynes……

Figs in Nm

strut to body..20
strutbody to piston rod..80
wheel bearing housing to stru..80
tie rod to strut..30
bottom ball joint to wheel bearing housing..m8..30..m10..50
bottom ball joint to wishbone..25
driveshaft nut..230
front wishbone bolt..100
rear wishbone bolt/nut..5
antirollbar to wishbone..25



Ebay would be a good place for a haynes :cry:

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Hello, first post .

Sorry for bump this old post up, but i don´t want to do new one. I have little problem with rear wishbone nuts, are they really 5nm ?!? They are ?17mm nuts?
Same size nut are on rear beam and they nm is like 60-70nm

Sorry if my english ish not perfect  My own language is finnish.

Hi Tommi,
The Haynes does say 5, but it is a printing error, and it should be 45Nm. This can be worked out because the lbf ft figure is correct at 33, and that equals 45 Nm.

Lee