At 03:45 PM 7/4/2009, Gerald Masar wrote:
>So what is the proper torque for them? I can find two different
>figures for the steel wheels, 130 ft.lbs. and 123 ft.lbs. and
>somewhere I seem to remember 90 ft.lbs for the alloys.

For what it's worth, my owner's manual ('89) doesn't distinguish
between alloy and steel wheels.  It specifies 123 lb ft or 17 kg
m.  But there's a sticker on the bottom edge of the rear hatch that
says not to lubricate the nuts/bolts for alloy wheels.

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David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
'89 Po' White Star "Scamp"