Diff bracket torque settings

[buba]

Can someone advise me of the torque settings of the 4 bolts that hold the rear diff bracket, the one that ridds had a group buy?

Thanks

Steve

[Tanguero]

All the known torque settings from the manual are in the sticky at the top of the forum. If it isn't listed there then no one has been able to find a specific setting for it, just use the appropriate torque for the diameter/material of bolt.

[TimJM]

The rear diff bracket isn't listed.

When I took mine off recently it was roughly "bloody tight" and took a breaker bar to loosen them off. The front ones are 95 lb/ft so I would go for that and see how it feels.

[pmessling]

From the tuscan list that i also look at as some simular items.
Its down as "Rear diff carrier to diff" 45-52Nm

[jamesc_1729]

I had my diff shear off of the rear bracket recently. Can I suggest you use thread lock on it as well as following torque guidelines. The chap who repaired mine said it was essential.

[buba]

Thanks for the info guys I will use the settings pete has suggested as its pretty close to the reccomendations of the bolt size.

[ridds]

jamesc_1729 said:

I had my diff shear off of the rear bracket recently. Can I suggest you use thread lock on it as well as following torque guidelines. The chap who repaired mine said it was essential.

Be careful if it has been helicoiled as threadlock will pull them out if you ever need to get it off. If they came loose I suspect they were not torqued up correctly previously.

[TimJM]

ridds said:

Be careful if it has been helicoiled as threadlock will pull them out if you ever need to get it off. If they came loose I suspect they were not torqued up correctly previously.

I have put mine back on tonight - 56 lb/ft felt about right in the tightness stakes and no threadlock as there was none on when I took it off a few weeks back (any it certainly wasn't coming loose!).