Dennis, what you describe here most certainly applied to the aircraft
industry. Working on maintenance crews, we always had to scramble to find
correct torques and torqueing procedures for evey thing threaded. If it
came down to where there wasn't one, then the accepted procedure was
"finger tight and 1/4 turn!" Beyond that, bolts or nuts had to have safety
wire applied where appropriate or where specified to prevent their coming
loose. Sometimes approved locking devices were used and in others self
locking nuts with friction materials in them. The principle was applied
everywhere, much like the special locking of the spindle nuts on the
Vanagon.

John
On Jun 15, 2016 21:45, "Dennis Haynes" <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Most every threaded fastener assembly on manufactured equipment not only
> has a torque spec, but also friction spec, (lubricate or not) and plating
> spec  and an assembly method spec, how fast do you spin it down or torque
> to some value plus some additional turn or torque to yield and then does in
> need a sealant or locking aid and then is there some interval to check or
> re-torque. Part of that engineering takes into account that future
> maintenance will not be performed the same way or that critical fasteners
> may even be re-used when they should not.
>
> Dennis
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> Of Jim Felder
> Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2016 6:46 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: exact foot pounds for the oil plug?
>
> Asking out of ignorance, not sarcastic (much): Do anyone but the Germans
> specify a torque for an oil plug?
>
> Jim
>
> On Wednesday, June 15, 2016, Eric Caron <ecaron1@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > Time for my yearly oil change and I believe the Bentley gives a exact
> > foot pound reading for the oil plug.  I always just guess and am
> > always concerned.  I now have a torque wrench and would like to take
> > the mystery out of the oil change.
> >
> > Can someone double check my memory and confirm it is 19 foot pounds?
> >
> > Sorry to ask but I don’t have a sighted person available to double
> > check the book for me.
> >
> > Eric Caron
> > 85 GL Auto Westfalia
> >
>