Axle Shaft Bolts

[GT@50]

295# may be the axle nut out by the wheel but I'd have to look it up.

 

[twobjshelbys]

Every TTY bolt I've ever used had specific instructions on the loading. The +90* is different from what I recall being to apply torque in stages, ie, x lb-ft then to y lb-ft. There are several TTY bolts on the GT.

 

[jammer]

Appreciate your reply and clarification as always Kendall. Makes sense to me now.

 

[nota4re]

295# may be the axle nut out by the wheel but I'd have to look it up.

I think you are right....

 

[extrap]

295 ft-lbs?! Poor little M10!

 

[twobjshelbys]

295 ft-lbs?! Poor little M10!

Yeah, big difference between 21 and 295. Even the lug nuts are only 100.

 

[jammer]

Finished updating the bolts per TSB 06-23-8. The old bolts and washers looked really good. None of them were broken. All came out without too much trouble and all felt evenly torqued. Putting the new bolts in and turning them 90 degrees after 21 ft-lb didn't feel anywhere near 295 ft-lb. Felt more like 70 ft-lb.

 

[GT@50]

Finished updating the bolts per TSB 06-23-8. The old bolts and washers looked really good. None of them were broken. All came out without too much trouble and all felt evenly torqued. Putting the new bolts in and turning them 90 degrees after 21 ft-lb didn't feel anywhere near 295 ft-lb. Felt more like 70 ft-lb.

295 is the nut. I think the original spec was 258 and later updated to 295. The axle bolt TSB states 295 for the nut.

 

[nota4re]

The old bolts and washers looked really good.

Take one of those OEM washers and put it on a very flat surface with the bolt head side up. It will be "cupped" and it will rock back and forth on a flat surface....