this reminds me of that tale of when ford was in the process of becoming a working partner with cosworth.the ford enginers watched the mechanics working on the engines and wanted to know what torque settings for the diffrent applications.the guys took a torque wrentch and wrote down as they worked by there feeling as they always did.i'm really not being facitious and please don't take it the wrong way when i say tighten the bolts enogh so they don't loosen while driving.
--- On Wed, 1/6/10, Jeff Clark <[email protected]> wrote: From: Jeff Clark <[email protected]> Subject: [alfa] Re: alfa-digest V10 #2181 To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, January 6, 2010, 2:59 PM >Date: Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:46:18 -0500 >From: Gwynne W Spencer <[email protected]> >Subject: [alfa] Wheel bolt torque for '93 Spider Veloce > >I know that the owner manual is in my den "somewhere" - but I need to >know NOW what the torque should be for the 15" aluminum "phone dial" >wheels on my '93 Spider Veloce. ?? > >BTW - I scanned through the on CD shop manual and found torque for >everything BUT the wheels ?? > >Gwynne Spencer I've got it jotted down here as 60 - 70 lbs./ft. ( that's 81.35 - 94.91 N-m for those of you living in our ( the USA's ) future.... Don't know the source. But 2 things are very plain - they don't ( well, haven't, yet ) fall off and they do not require air compressors to remove them. Oh, and 3, that force, hasn't cracked the Campy's yet either... -- jeff clark 82 Spider Veloce 99 BMW R1100S livermore, kahlifoania [email protected] -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected] -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected]
