290-361 ftlbs of torque to install the flywheel bolt?

IIRC It took a 7 foot breaker bar and a lot of weight to get that thing off. It sure as hell was WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY more than 290-361ftlbs.

I need to know the torque specs to reinstall the main flywheel bolt.

The manual says what I have above, but that doesn't seem right....

Lemme know..

THanks
-Darren-

 

It's common to need much more than the specified torque to remove a nut. Torque it back to 320ish and don't sweat it.

Dave

 

Rockin, THanks bro

 

Yeah agreed. I put mine on with a Impact and just hit it a couple of time to make sure it was good and tight. I didnt have a wrench that read 300+

L8r

 

yeah do they even make torqure wrenches that read up into the 300's??? i was ondering this myself as i have to put a flywheel nut back on also.

 

Yup, the one I used goes up to 600 ft-lb. It is also about 5 ft long. lol

 

I work in a Calibration Lab, I've seen torque wrenches as high as 3000ftlbs... our torque calibrator goes up to 50,000ftlbs but that's just insane.

Just some FYI

 

is our flywheel a single nut? or multiple bolts like a normal car? dont' have my manual with em. i just think it's insane to need 300 FT-LBS to torque a flywheel bolt/nut. most i've see is 110 and that's on a BMW M3. just curious

Carlos

 

Yes, it is a single nut.


50,000 ft-lbs! The snap on wrench I used is a friend's and he picked it up at a garage sale for 50 bucks with some other odds and ends that go with the wrench. Deal of the century there.

 

Haha, 300lbs too much for a single nut? Man, the motherf*cker is HUGE.. IIRC it's like a 50mm or some crap

 

54mm or 2 1/8"

And yes, ~300ft-lbs plus loctite (which is the other reason it's more difficult to remove than to put on). If you don't have a 300ft-lb torque wrench, do the following: Torque to 150, and then turn the nut an additional 1/6 to 1/4 turn.

-Rob