1.6TD - sludge all over rear engine bay!

[oblique]

I am also equipped with torque wrench.

Like not the kind from Harbor Freight. Or the kind that comes attached to the allen wrench with OEM VW roof racks.

[ORCoaster]

I take it the picture is one of the later types.

[oblique]

Yea that ones from a mark iv. I'm sure theyve made radical advancements in accuracy for these types of torque wrenches since mk1 days.


Here a better shot of one:

[oblique]

whats with the crappy new boots? I spent the money to get a quality product and while the boot is smaller and slightly easier to install, its much harder and not nearly as supple as the old one.



I had no trouble removing the axle nuts but whats with the torquing procedure?+ Torque to 148ft-lb, undo 180deg, torque to 37ft-lb and the turn another 60deg? wtf.

[libbydiesel]

It looks to be plastic rather than rubber.  That might be a good thing due to how much more quickly rubber degrades due to environmental contaminants now.

What do you find confusing about the torque spec?

[air-cooled or diesel]

i think 1 of the points your confused on is the 37ftlbs, you cannot have car down on its own weight and roll the car without some kind of axle end. you ruin the wheel bearing like right now, i do believe all MK1s MK2 &MK3s had this. so snug axle nut good, or use an impact, then put car on the ground, and i use a pipe and get some turn on it. what is it about 200.

[libbydiesel]

Mk1 Bentley says to loosely install the axle nut, lower the car to the ground, torque axle nut to 173 ft-lbs.  They make a special note that the car MUST be on the ground for torquing the axle nut.

Mk2 has a says similar - "WARNING - Torque the axle shaft nut only while the car is on the ground.  The torque required to do this could topple the car off a lift or jack stands".  The Mk2 torque spec is 195 ft-lbs. 

I don't know where Oblique came up with the multi-step torque procedure. 

[air-cooled or diesel]

^im sure this is before it was easy or normal to have an impact, when on stands i hit with impact.

[libbydiesel]

I'm quite sure impacts were in very common use by 1985 when the mk2 was released.  I can even remember way back that far...  Attempting to torque a fastener to proper torque with an impact is not very smart. 

[air-cooled or diesel]

so snug axle nut good, or use an impact, then put car on the ground, and i use a pipe and get some turn on it. what is it about 200.

for the older 'model' or years you may be correct, yet im too lazy to repeat my self. ^ this came first. and if your so-called torquing with an impact; i hit it, what was the problem with that?

[vanbcguy]

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[ORCoaster]

thanks Admin.