Torque Settings Wishbones

[dobboy 231 2 Cars]

Just looking at Haynes, and spanner checking my car.

 

Haynes says,

 

Lower suspension arm pivot bolt 35nm

Lower suspension arm REAR pivot bolt (GTI models) 78nm

 

A bit confused, should front be 35nm and rear 78nm? Even though the first part doesn't say GTI models?

 

Tia

[welshpug 1,656]

yep, rear bolt is larger, front bolt is the same for wishbone and tca arrangement.

[dobboy 231 2 Cars]

Thanks WP.

[pug_ham 244 3 Cars]

Suspension torque settings

 

They are also better torqued when the weight of the car is on its wheels to avoid inducing twist into the bushes which can quickly ruin them.

 

I usually do this with a jack under the wishbone at the balljoint until it starts to lift the car off the axle stand & then torque them up.

 

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[Simes 248 2 Cars]

Without doing the above or something similar, I use ramps to drive onto and tighten up, you will trash the bushes in a very short space of time.