<VV> Re: Cross shaft bolts torque spec

[Mike Kost]

I just did this this weekend. With the car on jack stands at the jack 
points you can put a floor jack under the brake drum to simulate the 
position. Also lay your tire under the car as an added measure of safety.

Jim McLott wrote:

>Thanks to everyone who responded to my question about how tight the
>bolts on the ends of the cross shaft should be.  (These are the bolts
>that hold the cross shaft in the upper control arm, not the nuts that
>hold the cross shaft to the front cross member.)  The consensus was
>35-40 ft. lbs. After carefully rereading the 1965 shop manual, I can see
>where step 12 on page 3-13 confirms this.  The shop manual makes it
>sound like the bolts should be tightened with the wheel on the car and
>the car on the ground, but I had to raise the car and remove the wheel,
>so I hope I got them tightened right.  
>
>Jim McLott & Christine, the 1966 Monza convertible she-devil
>Member: CORSA, Corvair Atlanta and - for a few hours yesterday - Group
>Red
>  
>

-- 
Mike Kost
Show-Me Corvair Club