Diesel front crash beam torque setting
 

I cant find it in the Haynes manual, what is the diesel front crash beam torque setting? This is the 8 bolts connecting the aluminium crash beam to the chassis.

thank you

macafee2

They are 22Nm

thank you Phil, that's not very tight

macafee2

Phil, do you know what section of the Haynes manual is it in?

macafee2

No idea about the Haynes manual, i use RAVE or Autodata to look them up. The torque setting surprised me as well when i first came across it!

Probably why a lot of cars suffer from front end droop then :getmecoat:

10.9 M8 can e tightened to 34Nm before the bolt begins to deform, and 8.8 M8 20NM

So the Rave figure sounds about right ;)

Brian :D

how did you find it in Rave, I tried there too

macafee2

Make sure it's at its highest point when you tighten the bolts or like Brian says, it will suffer serious droop, and look like the bumper is falling off.

I filed the lower edge of the holes on my armature to a more oval shape. That gives you a couple more millimetres to lift it and bolt up. This reduces the bumper-bonnet shut line. It's worth doing when you've already got it off.


TC.

Got it as high as I could with the existing holes

macafee2