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• Re: AT speeds/rpm's
  Historical mailing list - Cary Chiang
  Wed, 3 Jul 2002 17:46:13 -0700
  "As oppose to inline conversion (like ticco or Subaru) that are missing torque." Ben: I don't agree with your comment (or inference) regarding...
• Re: Engine to auto-tranny match and the Indy 500
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:02:48 -0400
  At 06:15 PM 8/26/2009, Rolf Lockwood wrote... > Torque is defined as an engine's ability to do work, characterized > by the...
• Re: Rear axle nut
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 16 Jun 2014 19:24:31 -0700
  In 80 and 81 vans the rear axle nut torque was 253. In late 81 VW increased the nut torque to 360 and fitted...
• Re: torque wheels?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 2 Nov 2000 19:54:58 -0600
  > Can I assume that it would be appropriate for my '85 Westy's wheels also, to > be torqued at > 80 lbs of pressure. folks...
• Re: Torque spec that requires calibrated fingers
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 27 May 2011 17:31:11 -0400
  ...Torque spec that requires calibrated fingers tencentlife's adapter kit for connecting a adapter which allows a fellow to mount a oil pressure gauge...
• Re: Eurospec Conversion: Digifant Comment
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Wed, 29 Jul 1998 18:45:53 -0700
  ...I thought retarding the cam gave high end power/torque, and advancing the cam resulted in power/torque being moved to the lower end...
• Question about torque convertors.
  Historical mailing list - Brian Wagener
  Thu, 19 Oct 2000 21:16:12 -0400
  ...And the teeth are worn on the torque convertor, and is consequently eating the starter gears. Do you know how the gears are connected...
• Torque for Head Cap Bolts? (87 GL)
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Kimmons
  Fri, 23 Mar 2001 22:25:37 -0600
  ...Is the Bentley torque of 50 (metric) right on this or should it be tighter? Thanks in advance. Tony
• Re: What to buy?
  Historical mailing list - Dan Andrews
  Sun, 21 Jul 2013 21:56:55 +1000
  Hi Paul, You do not need the rattle-gun - they're a blunt tool which do not offer reliable torque. Don't believe me...
• Re: drum brake adjustment
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 8 May 1996 17:22:46 -0400
  ...I weighed myself (massed myself for >you hardcore chemistry majors) and determined the torque arm needed to get >the specified torque. Could you share...
• Re: Torque Wrench
  Historical mailing list - walt spak
  Mon, 14 Oct 2002 18:46:37 -0400
  ...If a clicker wrench is calibrated correctly, why wouldn't it click > >at the proper torque? The torque reading on a beam wrench can...
• Re: Steering wheel locked after replacing blower motor
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 21 May 2011 15:26:20 -0400
  At 02:25 PM 5/21/2011, Jeff Schwaia wrote: >A quality click-type torque wrench is not as "iffy" as you may think...
• Re: Engine to auto-tranny match and the Indy 500
  Historical mailing list - Rolf Lockwood
  Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:15:45 -0400
  ...So the ONLY thing that gets you over the crest of a hill is torque, while horsepower determines how fast you do it. Torque...
• Re: Torque converter help also
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Wed, 27 Aug 2003 12:22:33 -0700
  Do not install the engine with the torque converter attached. Place it on the tranny first - this is very important. Z --- Neil Kostka <rollingaudio...
• Re: Torque for rear axle nuts?
  Historical mailing list - Antaki
  Sun, 3 Oct 1999 20:25:15 -0700
  I don't know if anyone covered this most primative of ways to torque these big-uns, without the benfit of a torque wrench...
• Re: 3/4" Torque wrench option
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 23 Apr 2022 13:02:26 -0500
  Just thought I would throw this in since the discussion is about torque. And since our vans have an onerous nut on the rear...
• Re: Slight VW Content - Most versatile torque wrench?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 28 Apr 2017 23:32:34 +0000
  I used a half inch 150 lb torque wrench for 40 years and it took care of everything except the really big stuff like...
• OT: head torque specs, 1.8T?
  Historical mailing list - Westyman
  Wed, 18 Aug 2004 19:02:47 -0700
  ...I've searched every combination on Google, and can't find the torque specs for an Audi-VW 1.8T for the head bolts...
• Re: Torque wrenches
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Mon, 23 Mar 2015 02:54:25 -0400
  FWIW, if using one of these to torque WBX heads, you'll never get it right. Beam type only.
• carat wheel torque
  Historical mailing list - Sidney White
  Sun, 2 Mar 2003 21:37:19 EST
  Could someone tell me what the correct torque for the carat wheel are on a 1987 Westy? Sid Vicious
• Re: Brake Caliper Torque - 200 ft/lbs??
  Historical mailing list - Dan Andrews
  Wed, 3 Apr 2013 10:24:23 +1100
  John, The Haynes manual gives Brake caliper to steering knuckle torque as 160Nm (118lbf ft) Dan Sent from my iPhone On 03/04/2013...
• Re: Torque wrenches
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 23 Mar 2015 09:45:07 -0700
  I recently did one of my half-shafts and the first bolt I tried to torque with my 1/2" drive Craftsman, I stripped...
• Torque curves?/lock-up converter?
  Historical mailing list - jay murphy
  Sun, 24 Jan 1999 06:53:33 PST
  ...Someone was going to research on a lock up torque converter, any news? Could any one direct me to the torque curve graphs for...
• Re: [subaruvanagon] Re: 3.3 verses 4.3 verses 1.9???
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Mon, 26 Jul 2004 14:22:11 -0700
  At 01:07 PM 7/26/2004, The Shaws wrote: >"Torque is what pushes the vanagon up a hill". Assuming we are traveling at...
• Re: head cap nuts- 'torque to hold'
  Historical mailing list - David O. Bradshaw
  Tue, 17 Dec 1996 08:27:17 -0500 (EST)
  ...typically, a specification will be given for a > > 'torque-to-hold' time of say 30 seconds. > > Having not done this myself, "I don't...
• Re: Torque wrench use
  Historical mailing list - Paul & Becky Oliver
  Mon, 8 Nov 2004 13:57:09 -0600
  ...Torque wrench use > Dial or pointer torque wrenches are required because with VW boxer engines > the capnuts will continue to move some after the...
• Torque converter
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 3 Feb 2020 21:56:56 +0000
  In need of a torque converter for Vanagon. Anyone have a converter or auto trans they want to partwith? Thanks, Dennis
• Automatic torque biasing
  Historical mailing list - Danny C.
  Mon, 19 Jul 2010 22:56:36 -0700
  Does anyone on here have a automatic torque biasing in there auto westy??? Danny C. Portland, Oregon '84 Westy (Vanny) � �
• Axle nut torque without a torque wrench Was rear brake shims
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:23:23 -0700
  ...torque that big nut to 300+ ft/lbs as it calls for in Bentley > (although some day I'll have such a torque wrench...
• Re: Lug nut madness
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 26 Jul 2002 00:19:36 -0400
  The torque on threaded fasteners is extremely critical to get the maximum strength out of them. Wheel lugs and bolts are usually designed to...
• Re: Torque Wrench
  Historical mailing list - Doktor Tim
  Mon, 14 Oct 2002 14:02:41 -0700
  ...If a clicker wrench is calibrated correctly, why wouldn't it click >at the proper torque? The torque reading on a beam wrench can...
• 250 ft-lb torque wrench?
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Wed, 26 Mar 2003 10:35:16 -0800
  ...What does everyone else do when then torque down bolts like the pulley bolt? Do you have a 250 ft-lb torque wrench and...
• Torque converter help also
  Historical mailing list - Neil Kostka
  Wed, 27 Aug 2003 12:13:38 -0700
  ...Torque converter help Would appreciate any hints and help about putting the torque converter back on my automatic transmission. John Lauterbach Macon, GA '84...
• Re: Torque wrenches
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 23 Mar 2015 10:24:05 -0700
  The Bentley spec for CV bolt torque is 33 ft-lb. Back cover in Group 42 Also on page 42.2 Mark sailingfc @dslextreme...
• Torque value for thermo switch on WBX rad?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:51:56 -0800
  ...Is it the same as the switch on the diesel rad? This torque value likely isn't a big deal, but since I went...
• Re: Rear wheel axle nut torque
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 20 Aug 1999 19:51:49 -0400
  ...Sheffield wrote: >Dear Volks, > >My Bentley manual, with a copyright date of 1989, lists the following for >rear axle nut torques: > >Page 42.1...
• Rod Bolt Torque
  Historical mailing list - Ken Winsor
  Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:50:39 -0500
  ...I installed new bearings, and checked with "plastic gauge" and clearances are right at 0.0015" at 33 ft x lbs torque. Then I...
• HELP--need torque specs for raceware studs
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 1 May 2010 18:30:21 -0500
  I need the torque progression for diesel vanagon raceware studs. Let me know if you know. Jim
• Give me some feedback here!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Fri, 28 Oct 2005 09:36:30 -0400
  ...it hook up to a Torque converter in the Bell Housing. http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/torque-cutaway.jpg http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif...
• Re: What to do about brakes
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Fri, 28 Jul 2000 21:03:01 -0700
  ...What to do about brakes > This may seem an oddball answer to your brake pedal pulsing problem, but if > you have a torque wrench...
• Rear axle nut
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Mon, 16 Jun 2014 20:42:10 -0400
  Question about the torque of the rear axle nut. I have always been torquing this nut to 360 ft. lbs. Saturday, my neighbour comes...
• steering wheel torque ?
  Historical mailing list - Marc
  Mon, 24 Mar 2003 16:22:03 -0500
  ...I don't have a torque wrench and was wondering how important it is to tighten it that exactly. I prefer to not have...
• Re: vanagon conversion to mazda rotary engine
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 4 Mar 2003 22:59:45 +1300
  >It would probably fit...but...these have a reputation for high fuel >consumption with poor torque. Doesn't sound like a Vanagon solution. This...
• Re: torque converter carrier plate
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 6 Apr 2013 18:13:58 -0700
  ...torque converter carrier plate > > Hello, fellow listees, looking for a torque converter carrier plate, or flex > flate, for my van. Apparently it cracked in...
• Re: torquing axle nuts
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Thu, 13 Apr 2006 14:08:13 -0700
  ...torquing axle nuts > you calculate the torque you exert on the nut. > > torque = force x lever arm > > torque = your weight x the length of...
• Re: Syncro rear hub removal, spindle nut size
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 27 Apr 1999 23:35:20 -0400
  ...The new one is said to >be torqued to 500nm (360 ft lb), and there is a note which I quote: > >During repairs on...
• Re: wheel torque specs
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 7 Apr 2006 13:55:59 -0700
  ...On 4/7/06, John Goubeaux <john@ucsb.edu> wrote: > > Folks, > > Can someone tell me what the proper torque is for wheels on a...
• Re: Head Retorquing On New Engine
  Historical mailing list - Doug F
  Fri, 27 Jan 2006 19:03:07 -0800
  ...Re-torqueing will only > stretch the studs' further and in the future, they will loosen again, or > snap. Also, when they get re-torqued...
• Re: Torque Specs - Lug bolts and nuts
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Wed, 28 Sep 2011 01:18:10 -0700
  ...Some also call it the "tea kettle >> lid" for obvious reasons. >> >> Then they go through a torque procedure that lasts for days with a...
• Proper torque of lug nuts
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Sat, 11 Apr 2009 15:04:38 -0800
  I just purchased a new torque wrench, long-overdue and a nice upgrade from the old "beam" style I've been using. Since I...
• Re: torque for front wheel caliper bolts?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 9 Nov 2001 17:25:38 -0600
  Bill Kasper wrote: > can anyone with a bentley handy tell me please what the torque numbers > are for the two bolts that hold the...
• Disc Brakes - 1988 GL
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 4 Dec 2015 10:01:39 -0600
  ...According to the Bentley those bolts get 200 ft lbs of torque. Am i misunderstanding all this. And thats a hefty torque setting for...
• Re: Yes, I'm really asking this.......
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Fri, 6 Aug 2004 14:47:59 -0700
  ...The standard vanagon alloy wheels take a very light torque. M --- Markus Mumper <mumper@USA.NET> wrote: > Also, should I just torque them down...
• Torque converter help
  Historical mailing list - lauterba
  Tue, 26 Aug 2003 22:33:42 -0400
  Would appreciate any hints and help about putting the torque converter back on my automatic transmission. John Lauterbach Macon, GA '84 7-passenger
• Re: Torque Wrench
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Tue, 15 Oct 2002 00:27:32 +0100
  ...If a clicker wrench is calibrated correctly, why wouldn't it > click > > >at the proper torque? The torque reading on a beam wrench can...
• Re: Why Must I Use a Bar Type Torque Wrench On Cylinder Head Bolts?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Pedersen
  Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:40:06 -0800
  ...Why Must I Use a Bar Type Torque Wrench On Cylinder Head Bolts? > > > > SyncroWesty wrote: > > > Why must I use a Bar Type Torque Wrench...
• Re: Head gasket again...
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Tue, 14 Mar 2000 12:04:37 -0500
  ...back > compression > never over torque a cylinder head nut ever when you increase the torque > cold you increase the torque hot and the engine...
• Re: Need torque specs for AC bolts
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:54:23 -0400
  ...It looks like you're talking about the bolts that get 35 Nm or 26 ft lbs of torque. Mike Jim Felder wrote: > I...
• Re: Slight VW Content - Most versatile torque wrench?
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Fri, 28 Apr 2017 19:17:18 -0600
  ...outside of the stupid axle nut! lol >> >> What would be the "least" torque that one would use a torque wrench on? >> >> Please understand, this...
• Re: 85 Vanagon Torque Converter?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:25:37 -0400
  AutoZone sells Vanagon Torque converters for $125? WOW!I will be getting one for stock. Especially at that price. The torque converter can fail...