Rear hubs
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Safety Car
Joined: May 2002
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From: Somewhere nowhere
Rear hubs
when installing the rear hubs, the 3 torx bolts that should be torqued to 66 ft-lbs. how do you get to the upper one with a torque wrench?
the lower 2 bolts I got to, but the upper one, there is no room to swing the torque wrench.. and I have a nice 3/8" torque wrench too.
you would need to remove the rear spring to do it properly !
the lower 2 bolts I got to, but the upper one, there is no room to swing the torque wrench.. and I have a nice 3/8" torque wrench too.
you would need to remove the rear spring to do it properly !
Team Owner
Joined: Aug 2000
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From: San Pedro CA
try a longer extention. It's doable, I just don't remember how we did it.
Also, very important, when installing the big nut on the stub axle, crack that sucker to 200 ftlbs. The old spec was ~165, but GM updated it to 200!
Also, very important, when installing the big nut on the stub axle, crack that sucker to 200 ftlbs. The old spec was ~165, but GM updated it to 200!
yes just use a longer extension I did both of my last month, thats how I got to it.
