re. Torque of Fly Wheel

Swann, Benjamin R. (BSWANN) BSWANN at arinc.com
Wed Aug 22 09:44:12 EDT 2001


I checked my (cough) Haynes manual.  Torque for the Flywheel to Crank is 75
ft lb.

Ben

[Yes it is backwards. A number of replies said it is a known error.
Thanks

George

"Swann, Benjamin R. (BSWANN)" wrote:
> 
> [Car: '87 5000CD Turbo Quattro
> 
> I am torquing the flywheel to the crankshaft. Page 30.8 of Bentley's
> says the torque on the flywheel to crankshaft is 25 nm (18 ft lb.) vs 75
> nm (55 ft lb.) for the hex head bolts that bolt the pressure plate to
> the fly wheel.
> 
> This doesn't sound correct to me. The hex head bolts are smaller in
> diameter than the bolts that bolt the flywheel. I'm not even sure that
> they would take 55 ft lbs.
> 
> Can anyone confirm or correct these torques?]
> 
> I can't confirm, but if I recall the Bently has it bass ackward for
> these..can anyone else confirm?]



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