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Old 24th August 2019, 18:36   #1
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Default 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.

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Old 24th August 2019, 18:57   #2
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They are 22Nm
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They are 22Nm
thank you Phil, that's not very tight

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Old 24th August 2019, 19:26   #4
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Phil, do you know what section of the Haynes manual is it in?

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

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

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Old 24th August 2019, 20:11   #7
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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!
how did you find it in Rave, I tried there too

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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.
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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.


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Old 25th August 2019, 17:07   #10
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Got it as high as I could with the existing holes

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